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Political controversy has surrounded the proposal for an American University of Malta in Marsascala and Cospicua. But Martin Scicluna, head of the National Commission for Further and Higher Education, tells Kurt Sansone this did not impinge on the due diligence process that determined whether AUM should be offered a university licence.
You spoke of "a totally independent decision" reached by your board, while at the same time acknowledging the "political aspect was hovering over us". Can anybody believe you did not succumb to political pressure?
I've got to try and persuade you on this. Of course we were all very conscious of the political imperative placed on the government to come up with a favourable decision on the university. But I can assure you that the board and I were absolutely determined that our independence, which is written into the law, would be totally adhered to. That, for us, was the bottom line and it was reflected at every level. This was going to be an absolutely independent due diligence on educational and financial grounds.
Was it salutary to the process that government entered into a land transfer agreement with Sadeen before the evaluation had taken place?
It was not helpful to what we wanted to do. In an ideal world, as somebody on the Opposition side said, we would have done our assessment, made our recommendations to the government and the government would have then announced its decision. But politics isn't always like that. We have to deal with the world as it is. The Prime Minister came back from Jordan thinking he had a good deal and announced it. My board had not started its work to assess the viability and conduct a due diligence of the operation. Life is often like that in politics. But that did not in any way affect the independent approach we were determined to follow and indeed which we were encouraged to follow.
You described this as "the most rigorous educational and financial due process, with no lowering of standards in any way, shape or form". How was this application different from any other the commission has had to deal with?
It was different in one key respect. This was a start-up operation. We had an applicant who was starting a university from scratch with no background. All applications we have dealt with so far, such as Barts and Middlesex University, involved courses that we knew and institutions that had a record over many years. We knew what their financial state was, what the audits were saying about them and they had a reputation. But with Sadeen, we had to start from scratch, and you could see that from the time it took us to complete the process; it lasted 14 months. The process was rigorous and thorough.
Am I right to get the impression that Sadeen may have initially thought it could breeze through this process? At one point, there was a three-month hiatus, until they responded to the further clarifications you had requested.
I don't know what the state of mind of Sadeen was, but they certainly had to undergo a steep learning curve. This was an area in which they had never been involved, and I suspect it took a long time for the penny to drop. They were dealing here with a serious organisation determined to maintain Malta's high standards of educational and financial due diligence. I suspect, without putting words in their mouths, they did not realise this was the situation. But once the penny dropped, they started producing the right answers and all the right evidence on which we could base our decision.
The ball is really in their court, and they can opt not to take the licence
When the project was first announced, the proponents used the agreement with De Paule University as a benchmark for their courses. It transpires that Sadeen later on also roped in Clemson University. Why was that necessary?
De Paule was instrumental in designing the courses and doing all the faculty and curricula sides of things, whereas Clemson was brought in on the quality assurance side to ensure there was a reputable university carrying the new university along for at least the first five years of their licence once they got started. So that was a turning point. It was also linked with their finding of a very good provost, equivalent to our rector, Prof. [John] Ryder.
The commission has offered AUM a university licence, subject to a number of conditions. What happens next?
We have offered a licence conditional upon their agreement to about 16 fairly rigorous conditions. If they do not accept those conditions, they won't get a licence.
This is non-negotiable. This is the board's independent decision, and that is what they have to comply with. If they choose not to, the ball is really in their court, and they can opt not to take the licence.
What happens at that stage; would they revert to being an institute rather than a university?
No, I think they would not have a licence and would not carry on with the project. I suspect that would be their decision.
Is there a timeline according to which you are expecting a reply?
From their point of view, the sooner they make that decision, the better it will be, because the sooner they can start to recruit students. Bear in mind they are keen to start the whole process in September this year, so they need to get their students in – the first 100 – and build up the whole business from September, so the onus is totally on them.
You spoke of a steep learning curve for AUM. Was it in the commission's remit to hand-hold or guide the applicants on how to change their application so it would meet the necessary requirements?
The whole process which we undertake is one of an exchange of conditions and advice, but the onus is always on the applicant to produce what is required. We have to navigate him through technical and educational hoops. But it is an iterative process that goes back and forth.
During the heated political exchanges that accompanied this proposal, it was noted that the Malta Financial Services Authority carried out due diligence of the Sadeen Group. Why did the commission feel the need to conduct a different one?
The due diligence they had done did not meet the requirements of our law under the Education Act for a financial due diligence of the business plan and probity checks of people running the organisation. So while it was adequate, I suspect, for what the government wanted to do when it drew up a land transfer contract, for my board it was not adequate.
The financial conditions the board has imposed seem to be quite onerous for Sadeen. Has the commission gone too far?
No. Here we have an applicant who has drawn up a business plan on the basis of his own figures. He knows what is required to build this university and then to run it, and he has to show that he has the financial means to support that business plan. That is why many of the financial due diligence conditions are included in the list of conditions.
At one stage the commission fined Sadeen, because it was using the descriptor 'university' when it was still undergoing the licencing process. What bearing did that have on the evaluation process?
Inevitably, we had to be looking at these people and asking whether we could trust them. Were they able to deliver if they were given a licence? The incident was a question of advertising and the fine was an element of that. In fairness, they paid the fine in the space of time allowed at law. For my purposes it was a closed chapter: they had a fine and they paid it.
You mention trust as a key factor. This was not just a question of ticking the boxes. What won your trust?
I think in the end it was the experts' advice, from the educational due diligence side, the quality assurance committee and the expert panel, which showed that all the criteria needed to meet the educational standards were going to be met. Secondly, there was also the advice from the financial experts, the leading audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Subject to Sadeen's compliance with a number of conditions that came out from the due diligence, we felt we could trust their judgement to produce a decent university in the next few years.
Apart from the audit process Clemson would be carrying out as part of its association with Sadeen, the commission said it would also carry out its own spot checks and external audits. Does the commission have the capacity to carry out such reviews?
Yes it does. It is a central part of its role. We have already carried out such audits on MCAST, the University of Malta and the Institute of Tourism Studies. We will do another four or five audits this year. We will carry out the audits as outlined in the conditions attached to the granting of the licence.
Do you believe Sadeen will deliver the university they have promised?
I think if they fulfil the conditions we have laid down, and the onus is on them to do that, then they will. That is why we have laid down such rigorous conditions, because that is a standard we expect of the people to whom we give a licence to run a university in Malta. And may I say, other universities also have similar conditions. They do not come in with a clean slate, and my people will spot the areas where improvement is needed and lay down conditions.
Apart from the environmental controversies, which the commission did not have to enter into, such as the use of land, there was a major concern about the viability of what Sadeen was proposing. Some feared they would fold up after some years and the campus would end up changing into luxury apartments, defeating the original scope of the project. Was this something the commission gave weight to?
I t inevitably was part of the conditions we laid down, because we were dealing with a start-up university and they've got to prove themselves over the next two, three, four years. Conditions come in a graduated timeline, from spot checks that start straight away to annual reports from Clemson.
It will be quite an intense process, which we will be watching, to ensure that the deal Malta is striking will be a viable deal and will not turn into the sort of thing you are talking about.
Sadeen have given their word they would like to see students recruited for this coming September. The Cospicua campus will not be ready by then. One of the conditions is to have a planning permit for all campuses. The caveat is that they can use alternative premises until permits are out. Have Sadeen indicated which premises they will use in the meantime?
Not yet, but they will tell us where they are going to rent, and we have to make sure the building is fit for purpose for students according to our requirements. That is when they will get their licence. They will have to clear that with my people.
You gave a thorough explanation of the timeline involved and the process followed, but you also mentioned the names of the people involved in the evaluation committees. This is quite unprecedented for authorities in Malta. Why did you feel the need to go down this route?
I and the board felt it incumbent upon us to be transparent about this decision, which we knew would be a difficult one politically. It was incumbent on us to show that the quality of people who are doing this was high, they were not afraid of being named and we were all taking responsibility and being accountable for this decision. I personally think this is an example that any other regulatory authorities might care to ponder and perhaps follow. A lot of the arguments being made about good governance are due to a sense of guardedness about the decisions we make when a really open government has the ability to shine a searchlight on something like this and show that all due processes have been followed step by step.
Would you reject any notion that your commission went through all this process with a done deal at the back of its head and Sadeen had to get a licence at all costs?
I utterly reject that and I must put on record that both the Prime Minister and the Education Minister did not apply any pressure to any of us to come up with a particular answer. We were allowed to get on and do this objectively, transparently and without any outside influence.
The government took on a lot of political risk, having entered into an agreement with Sadeen over the land transfer [when the educational due diligence still had to be done], apart from the political commitment it made.
You are quite right, but sometimes governments do that and they then have to bear the consequences if they get it wrong. Look at what happened to [British Prime Minister] David Cameron.
Conditions linked to the university licence
These are excerpts from some of the 16 conditions that the Sadeen Group has to accept before it is given a licence to operate an American University of Malta.
Works underway at Dock One, to be the Cospicua campus of the American University of Malta.
• Clemson University of South Carolina is to undertake a yearly audit as part of AUM's internal quality assurance process from the start of operations. Condition in force for five years, with a possible extension.
• The National Commission for Further and Higher Education, the regulatory body, will conduct spot checks at least once a year. Condition in force for five years, with a possible extension.
• Commission will conduct external quality audits of AUM after the second and fourth academic year. These will cover academic, administrative and service operations. Commission will decide on frequency of further audits.
• Applicant has to show evidence that they have put in the equity amount of tens of millions of euros [the amount was redacted from the public statement because of commercial sensitivity], to be invested in the first two years.
• Any funding shortfall from that agreed in the business plan will have to be financed by additional equity by the applicant.
• Any future change in the shareholding structure (more than 10 per cent) of AUM's corporate entities will need prior approval of the commission.
• Commission has to be given access to the financial statements of all companies in the Sadeen Group, or other firms in which the applicant is a significant shareholder, that provide debt or equity financing for the project.
• AUM cannot operate from the Dock One campus in Cospicua before the commission receives the compliance certificate from the Planning Authority.

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The CPCISA v2.1 firmware is completed. It accomplishes all the job for selecting mapping (port or RAM page mapping, ISA window, etc.) and configuring interrupts (IRQ) for the ISA drivers. By the way, any new version on the CPCISA Card (even with different mapping modes) will be supported by the ISA drivers without the need of rewritting them.
The serial/ps2 mouse driver is working for years (it uses interrupts of course).
The Soundblaster OPL module driver works (it can play SADT2 musics for example) but is not finished.
The Soundblaster sampling module works (in 8 bits mode only, 16 bits mode needs DMA capabilities) but is not included in the current ISA- ROM version.
The IDE Driver is working in non-interrupt mode and supports LBA. We need to improve it, the current version was just a try. The CPCISA Card doesn't have DMA capabilities so the driver max transfert rate is about 100kb/sec (using the wonderfull RAM page mapping mode of the CPCISA). Some tries with the atapi commands worked too (we can pilot a CDROM for playing CDDA).
I'm going to make CPCISA compatibile bridge interface that will connect standard PC AT 286/386SX motherboard to CPC. (I will try to test also 386DX, 486 and higher but I cannot guarantee they will be useful.) Please collect the motherboards and ISA cards and be patient a bit.
[fr,en] Ogólny opis CPCISA -- Siou (Laurent Massicot).
Karty ISA Multi I/O. Interfejs równoległy (LPT), interfejs szeregowy (COM), kontroler dysków elastycznych (FDC).


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SafeAI 2022 : The AAAI's Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Safety
Link: https://safeai.webs.upv.es/
Feb 28, 2022 - Mar 1, 2022
The accelerated developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) hint at the need for considering Safety as a design principle rather than an option. However, theoreticians and practitioners of AI and Safety are confronted with different levels of safety, different ethical standards and values, and different degrees of liability, that force them to examine a multitude of trade-offs and alternative solutions. These choices can only be analyzed holistically if the technological and ethical perspectives are integrated into the engineering problem, while considering both the theoretical and practical challenges of AI safety. A new and comprehensive view of AI Safety must cover a wide range of AI paradigms, including systems that are application-specific as well as those that are more general, considering potentially unanticipated risks. In this workshop, we want to explore ways to bridge short-term with long-term issues, idealistic with pragmatic solutions, operational with policy issues, and industry with academia, to build, evaluate, deploy, operate and maintain AI-based systems that are demonstrably safe.
This workshop seeks to explore new ideas on AI safety with particular focus on addressing the following questions:
- What is the status of existing approaches in ensuring AI and Machine Learning (ML) safety, and what are the gaps?
- How can we engineer trustable AI software architectures?
- How can we make AI-based systems more ethically aligned?
- What safety engineering considerations are required to develop safe human-machine interaction?
- What AI safety considerations and experiences are relevant from industry?
- How can we characterize or evaluate AI systems according to their potential risks and vulnerabilities?
- How can we develop solid technical visions and new paradigms about AI Safety?
- How do metrics of capability and generality, and the trade-offs with performance affect safety?
The main interest of the proposed workshop is to look at a new perspective of system engineering where multiple disciplines such as AI and safety engineering are viewed as a larger whole, while considering ethical and legal issues, in order to build trustable intelligent autonomy.
Contributions are sought in (but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Safety in AI-based system architectures
- Continuous V&V and predictability of AI safety properties
- Runtime monitoring and (self-)adaptation of AI safety
- Accountability, responsibility and liability of AI-based systems
- Effect of uncertainty in AI safety
- Avoiding negative side effects in AI-based systems
- Role and effectiveness of oversight: corrigibility and interruptibility
- Loss of values and the catastrophic forgetting problem
- Confidence, self-esteem and the distributional shift problem
- Safety of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) systems and the role of generality
- Reward hacking and training corruption
- Self-explanation, self-criticism and the transparency problem
- Human-machine interaction safety
- Regulating AI-based systems: safety standards and certification
- Human-in-the-loop and the scalable oversight problem
- Evaluation platforms for AI safety
- AI safety education and awareness
- Experiences in AI-based safety-critical systems, including industrial processes, health, automotive systems, robotics, critical infrastructures, among others
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Intelligent IoT Powers Purdue's Digital Agriculture Initiative for Food Security Worldwide
.@HPE Intelligent #IoT Powers #Purdue's #DigitalAgriculture Initiative for #FoodSecurity http://bit.ly/2xXLpO3 @LifeAtPurdue #SDGs
Purdue is at the forefront of using IoT, wireless and other innovations to revolutionize farming research
Terabytes of data are captured daily using multiple types of sensors, cameras and human inputs; all of which is processed and analyzed in real time
Researchers are also working on mobility-enabled tools for plant breeders and growers to use in their operations
A strategic game changer, digital agriculture's goal is improving the health and well-being of every individual on the planet
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Real-time field data automation effort works to produce food, fuel and fiber more effectively than ever before
With the global population estimated to top 9 billion people by 2050, researchers estimate agricultural output must double to meet the impending demands.
A comprehensive, coordinated effort to address this challenge was recently announced by an Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) national commission, which included three Purdue University leaders. The commission also highlighted the importance of establishing various transdisciplinary efforts, such as the one being forged between Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Purdue University, home to one of the world's leading Colleges of Agriculture.
To produce food, fuel and fiber more effectively than ever before, Purdue is partnering with HPE to blend research, innovations and disruptive technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT) to revolutionize farming research with digital agriculture.
How can digital agriculture make this difference? Imagine, instead of manually measuring and inputting data on the moisture characteristics for 45,000 samples of corn, IoT sensors can measure numerous characteristics in real-time, while the plants are still in the field, making it possible to make changes that have immediate impact.[1]
"Purdue is the test bed for digital agriculture IoT to enhance discovery and economic development," says Karen Plaut, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the Purdue University College of Agriculture. "We're working to transform agriculture in America and globally."
Terabytes of Data Every Day
Based at Purdue's Agronomy Center for Research and Education (ACRE) field research station, digital agriculture projects collectively capture terabytes of data daily by using multiple types of sensors, cameras and human inputs. To gather, aggregate, process and transmit such volumes of data back to Purdue's HPE supercomputer, the university is leveraging a combination of wireless and edge computing technologies from HPE and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.
It starts with rugged outdoor Aruba 270 series access points and Aruba 7000 Series Mobility Controllers to supply fast and secure communication and data transmissions. For Wi-Fi visibility and optimization, Purdue utilizes AirWave for streamlined management and troubleshooting, which helps ensure resources stay focused on ag research rather than network administration.
HPE Edgeline IoT Systems provide secure, perpetual connectivity with the deep learning analytics capabilities necessary to accelerate and scale Purdue's research findings, as well as deliver agriculture breakthroughs at production capacity.
Expanding on the corn example, a typical investigation for one type of corn, such as a popcorn variety, could account for 10 different characteristics. This means data from 450,000 samples for a single group of researchers studying a single type of corn variety must be acquired and analyzed.[2]
Multiply this by thousands of research projects addressing issues of food scarcity, safety, traceability, security and sustainable agriculture worldwide and it's easy to see the impact of automating data collection and analysis with HPE and Aruba solutions.
PhenoRover: An Innovative Mobile IoT Platform
Using Aruba and HPE solutions, researchers obtain and process data in the field, communicate it to world-class laboratory facilities at ACRE and send it to the main Purdue data center using a 10Gbps fiber connection – for a data transmission rate that is 1,000 times faster than the average internet connection in the U.S.
AgTech innovations arising from the partnership thus far include solar-powered mobile Wi-Fi hotspots – providing researchers with high-performance access wherever it's needed on the 1408-acre research farm. Now, instead of taking paper and pencil into a field, writing down measurements, driving them back to a building and keying them into a desktop computer, researchers can simply punch data into a mobile device on-site and it's instantly transferred to the appropriate analytics application in Purdue's supercomputer.
Other innovations include high-speed weather tower connectivity for farm-scale wireless IoT and a breakthrough PhenoRover, which is a semi-automated mobile IoT sensor platform to measure variations in crop performance. In addition, sufficient wireless backhaul was engineered to deliver outdoor wireless coverage throughout the entire property.
These technologies will replace a host of manual processes, enabling researchers to focus on productive work. For example, IoT-enabled sensors measure atmospheric gasses and transmit the information back to the supercomputer using Wi-Fi, decidedly accelerating access to analysis and actionable insights.
Real-Time Drone Images and More
Moving forward, the eight academic departments cooperating in ACRE research activities will continue working with HPE and Aruba to refine the technology solutions. In addition, the digital agriculture test bed intends to bring AgTech innovations to market for commercial use.
Purdue researchers are also building and experimenting with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), often called drones, to advance the effectiveness of plant growth data collection. Currently, drone images are downloaded and then distributed to internal constituencies to study biological relevance. In the future, the drone cameras could transmit real-time images via the HPE Aruba infrastructure for growers to make sound, science-based decisions.
"When thinking about developing the next mobile app or visualization tool, the ideas are endless," says Dharmendra Saraswat, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the Purdue University College of Agriculture. "To deliver a reliable and useful tool to breeders and growers, we must master new things and determine what is useful in a production environment."
Working with HPE and Aruba, Purdue researchers will continue developing digital agriculture solutions that accelerate research and, ultimately, transform farming to improve food supplies worldwide.
So what next?
If there's one word to sum up the broad effects of digital agriculture it's disruption. Advances will drive innovations beyond improvements in production yields and quality at the farm level. The results of data gathering and analysis efforts will spread throughout other industries, improving operating models and changing lives for the better.
And that's just the beginning. As more data becomes available, consumers will demand access to digitized food component footprints that will help them far beyond the relatively simplistic label presentations of today. Further, using self-learning algorithms, a person's health profile can be monitored throughout their lifetime with automatic delivery of information regarding safe food items – along with where and how to get them.
Personalized healthcare, improved food component data and safe item recommendations will cause corresponding shifts in purchasing habits that will disrupt other industries, such as retail grocery. For instance, combining the current trend toward online grocery shopping with granular data and analytics capabilities will result new consumer expectations for shopping sites to correlate food items with a person's health profile before they buy.
Digital agriculture isn't just key to getting deep data sets to use on the farm. It's a strategic game changer with the potential to improve the health and well-being of every individual on the planet.
Read the full release here: Purdue University's Digital Agriculture Initiative Advances Farming and Food Production with HPE Aruba Solutions
[1] "New building proves that Ag isn't just for farmers," June 24, 2016.
https://ag.purdue.edu/plantsciences/new-building-proves-that-ag-isnt-just-for-farmers/
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We have all arrived in a very hot and sunny Bude!
Happy Birthday to Megan and thanks to her parents for the delicious cake!
The children have met their tutors and have settled into their rooms really well.
All are looking forward to the Welcome Disco this evening.
We all have all had a brilliant first full day at Adventure International.
Mountain Boarding this morning was brilliant and most of us managed to stay on our boards and go down the steep hill- even Miss. Nicholls! Well done to those who also completed the slalom!
Canoeing this afternoon was great fun and a chance to cool down on the canal.
Most of us couldn't resist the temptation to fall in the canal!
Karaoke this evening- I wonder who will perform on the stage!
Tuesday- Climbing, Abseil and High Ropes.
Today has been a day of determination and courage!
Everyone has faced their fears and overcome challenges.
It has been great to see the huge smiles on their faces as they have achieved more than they thought possible.
Well done to all children who took part in Karaoke last night.
We have had great fun on wet activities today.
We played lots of games in kayaking and learnt some new skills.
This afternoon we went in the sea and learnt how to surf. Some of us managed to stand up on the board!
Tonight we are able to watch the big match in the marquee!
This morning we have been caving! We have had to move through tiny spaces in cramped conditions. Squeeze, slide and shimmy have been our main tactics to get through the tunnels.


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How long does a trademark last?
ByJohn Atkins	Hours Updated on June 20, 2021
Generally speaking the length of time depends on the country that the trademark is registered with:
In the USA, a trademark can last indefinitely as long as it's being used and renewed periodically.
In South Africa, a trademark lasts for 10 years from the date of registration.
In Canada, a trademark lasts for 25 years from the first day of commercial use or 20 years after it was registered in whichever expires first.
In Australia, a trademark lasts for 15 years and must be renewed after that.
What is a trademark?
A trademark is simply a form of intellectual property that helps distinguish the goods or services belonging to one company from those offered by another. It will come as no surprise that the registration of a trademark with national authorities is complex and could be expensive in certain countries.
What kinds of trademark can be registered?
There are five types of trademarks that can be registered: word, design, shape of goods or packaging, slogan, and a combination mark. The trademark law provides protection to consumers from confusion in the marketplace. Consumers benefit by knowing for sure that they are purchasing a product from the company named on the trademark.
Trademarks vs. Copyrights: Which one is right for you?
If you are looking to make your idea into a business, there are two types of intellectual property that need to be considered. The first is copyrights and the second is trademarks. Is your intellectual property already identified? Can someone else use it for their business? Do you want to protect your company as a whole or want to protect specific products within your company?
A copyright protects original creations like books, music, films, paintings and more. A trademark protects words, phrases and symbols that distinguish one company's business from another. It is important not to confuse the two because they serve different purposes for different purposes: a trademark would be used if you wanted protection for a word or symbol that identifies your business; a copyright would be used if you wanted protection for a text, like a book that you have written.
Should i trademark my business name?
There are many factors to consider in this regard. If you are considering trademarking your company name, it is important to let a third party determine if there is any confusion about ownership. There are several ways to protect the brand name: Using (word order), a symbol, a font, colors.
Other ways to protect the company's name include registering with the USPTO or using TM or ® in any marketing material. These methods can help serve as an informal trademark and discourage others from adopting similar names for their own use.
How much does it cost to trademark a business name?
In order to trademark your business name you will need to fill out a form and pay a fee. The cost for filing an application can range from $200 to $1,000 depending on the size of the mark. An attorney can help you determine how much it will cost to file your application.
What rights does trademark registration provide?
A trademark provides the following rights:
The right to prevent someone else from using a similar mark or a word, design, term, etc. that might confuse consumers about which company is providing the goods or services;
The right to stop anyone from using words and phrases that are generic and not distinctive as trademarks if they are used in connection with your goods or services;
The right to recover losses for those who have been prevented from doing so because of another's adoption of a similar mark.
What are the legal requirements to renew a trademark registration?
Different countries may have different requirements to renew a trademark registration. In order to renew your trademark registration you will need to:
Renew the approval of the mark with the trademark office;
File an application for renewal;
Pay a fee for renewal of the mark;
And renew any documentary evidence, if there is any.
If your trademark was registered in the United States, it is important that you file a Declaration of Use to notify the USPTO of your intention to use the mark in commerce. You must also file an affidavit of use with three years before it expires.
What happens if I lose my trademark, can I get it back?
A trademark can be lost for a number of reasons:
The most common reason is that the trademark owner fails to make use of it for a certain amount of time. If the trademark owner does not renew his or her right to use the mark, after five years then it becomes abandon and anyone can register it if they want. This is called "abandonment."
The second way that a trademark can be lost is by assigning rights to another company who doesn't keep up with the required maintenance; these are called "assignments."
The third way that this can happen is when an existing mark becomes generic and loses its meaning to identify one company as opposed to another: this would be called "genericide."
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Why does a company need good internal controls? What are Information Technology Controls and why are they important? Is it better to keep the fox out of the henhouse or to count the chickens after the fox has left?
Forensic Accounting is about looking at past financial transactions. If you want to look at your past transactions, but have poor IT controls, how will you know if the information is accurate? But why would your company need to analyze past transactions? Insurance claims, Fraud, Business Valuations…are several reasons. Therefore having proper IT controls (i.e. correct user privileges) can help you insure the integrity of the data and these controls can also help prevent fraud.
The question is whether you want to be proactive (which is all about internal controls) or if you intend to be reactive (which is about forensic accounting).
One of our information technology specialists, Sam BowerCraft presented this week at the Computer Forensics Show in Washington, D.C. An interview with Sam at this training was just published online at this link. Please click to learn more about the importance of proper management of your Information Technology process and controls and why the risks are great if not done correctly.
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Q: How can I limit 'insert into' based on a foreign key value? I have two tables;
tbl_ride
+---------+--------------+----------+
| rideID  |   rideName   | duration |
+---------+--------------+----------+
|   1     |    NY Tour   |     3    |
|   2     | Night Life   |     2    |
+---------+--------------+----------+

tbl_day
+------------+-----------+----------+
| dayID      |   rideID  | routeMap |
+---------+--------------+----------+
|   1        |     1     |   A-B    |
|   2        |     1     |   B-C    |
|   3        |     1     |   C-D    |
|   4        |     2     |   A-B    |
|   5        |     2     |   B-C    |
+---------+--------------+----------+

So I need to be able to limit the number of records being recorded into tbl_day based on the tbl_ride.duration. Can this be achieved through SQL or should this be achieved through the code? I would appreciate the help either way.
Following is my current MySQL code for JDBC:
INSERT INTO `tbl_tour_day` (`tourID`, `startHotel`, `endHotel`, `routeNote`, `routeMap`)
VALUES ( (SELECT tourID from tbl_tour_ride where tbl_tour_ride.tourID = ?), ?, ?, ?, ?)

A: Test
CREATE TRIGGER tr_bi_tbl_day
BEFORE INSERT
ON tbl_day
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF    COALESCE(( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tbl_day WHERE rideID = NEW.rideID ), 0)
   >=
      COALESCE(( SELECT MAX(duration) FROM tbl_ride WHERE rideID = NEW.rideID ), 0) THEN
    SIGNAL SQLSTATE = '45000'
        SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'All days for this ride has been specified';
END IF;
END

If no record in tbl_ride for new rideID then insertion not allowed (the amount assumed to be zero).
If there are more than one record in tbl_ride for new rideID then the maximal value is used as a limit.

A: Here's an example of a valid query:
INSERT INTO tbl_tour_day
(tourID
,startHotel
,endHotel
,routeNote
,routeMap
)
SELECT tourID
     , ?
     , ?
     , ?
     , ?
  from tbl_tour_ride
 where tbl_tour_ride.tourID = ?

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'I didn't call Muhyiddin a dog', says an offended Nazri
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Tourism and Culture Minister says Shafie Apdal must be stupid to think he called the former deputy prime minister a dog.
KUALA LUMPUR: Tourism and Culture Minister Nazri Aziz has taken offence at a remark made by sacked Rural and Regional Development Minister Shafie Apdal, and described the latter as "stupid."
Nazri was referring to remarks he himself made on Tuesday in which he said the persistent criticism of sacked Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin against the government and Prime Minister Najib Razak, was like a dog biting someone's leg.
"No, he (Shafie) should listen properly. He must be a stupid (Umno) vice-president.
"I didn't say he's (Muhyiddin) a dog. Shafie must be a stupid person to think I called another person a dog.
"I was giving an example of how difficult it is.
"I said, when we are doing our job but he keeps biting our leg, we can't move.
"The first thing that came to my mind was a dog biting our leg," he told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur Craft Complex here today.
Earlier today, Shafie, in a statement, said he was disappointed with the denial syndrome shown by certain quarters who described people speaking up against their leaders as a dog biting someone's leg.
Nazri, who is also Padang Rengas MP, added that Shafie deserved to be kicked out of the Cabinet for thinking he had said something he most certainly did not.
"No wonder he's been kicked out. He's so stupid even to think I called Muhyiddin a dog. He's really stupid and he deserves to be out of the team (and) Cabinet.
"I think he's not clever. He's saying something I didn't say or mean, and I take offence at what he said. He will have no future in Umno."
Nazri recently announced that he would push for Muhyiddin's suspension as deputy president at the Umno Supreme Council meeting scheduled tomorrow if his attacks on Najib continued.
When asked if he would do the same in regard to Shafie, Nazri said he would not as the Semporna MP had the right to speak his mind.


The evolution of autonomous vessels and the need for improved liquid natural gas (LNG) transport and delivery are shaping the future of European logistics—and opening new doors for cooperation between the EU and the United States. Stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic say that it's time for more collaboration, not confrontation.
In these turbulent times, Europe's transport and logistics industry has reason for concern as the search for a solution to Brexit seems to be heading nowhere and the threat of a trade war with the United States means dark clouds are looming across the Atlantic.
However, liquid natural gas (LNG) just might provide a chance for both sides to work out a deal. During his last meeting with President Trump, European Commission President said that Europe would build more terminals to import LNG from the United States.
And while Europe is still debating whether and how to deliver on this promise and bring it in line with environmental protection and higher costs, LNG is not the only hot topic making its way around European logistics circles. In fact, "autonomous shipping" is rapidly picking up speed in Europe.
But whether the focus is on the evolution of autonomous vessels or LNG transport and delivery, both topics are clearly shaping the future of European logistics and opening new doors for further cooperation between the European Union and the United States.
As Logistics Management has previously reported, the set a global limit for sulfur in fuel oil used on ships. Beginning January 1, 2020, it will be 0.50% mass by mass (m/m). The current global limit for sulfur content of ship's fuel oil is 3.5% m/m. Therefore, the ocean cargo shipping industry has to seek alternatives. LNG is certainly an option, as the increasing number of LNG vessels continues to grow globally.
According to data provided by UK-based consultancy in August, there were 481 large LNG carriers, including floating storage and regasification units, of over 100,000 m3 in service. This fleet totaled 76.6 million m3 in capacity and was valued at $52.9 billion. There were on order another 89 such vessels with an aggregate capacity of 15.5 million m3 and a value of $18.2 billion.
Based a recent report from maritime shipping data provider DNV GL, more than two-thirds of the ships burning LNG are operating in Europe. One of the latest LNG vessels is the 15,000 twenty foot equivalent (TEU) container ship Afif that was recently put into service for Hapag-Lloyd, the company's 17th LNG-ready ship. At the beginning of this year, the CMA CGM Group announced it would equip its next nine 22,000-TEU ships with LNG-powered engines. According to reports, those vessels are scheduled for delivery in 2020.
Whether switching to LNG, installing an exhaust gas cleaning system (EGCS), or using 0.5% low sulfur fuel, the shipping lines will decide how to cope with the new IMO regulations and the costs. In August, Maersk and Vopak, a Dutch tank storage operator, agreed to launch a 0.5% sulfur fuel bunkering facility in Rotterdam. According to the companies, this joint initiative will enable A.P. Moller-Maersk to deliver approximately 2.3 million metric tons of sulfur-cap compliant fuel per year.
To cope with increasing demand, European ports are also moving ahead to expand their infrastructure for LNG bunkering and supply. The Port of Rotterdam, a leading European hub for the import, export, and regasification of LNG, has reported a 123.2% increase in LNG throughput in the first half of 2018 compared to the first half of 2017.
After regasification at the Gate terminal in Rotterdam, the gas is sent to the Dutch and European gas network by pipeline. Steps have also been taken to install the necessary bunkering infrastructure to serve the increasing number of vessels running on LNG. The Wes Amelie, the world's first container ship converted to LNG propulsion, started its operation in the port last year, while Shell put the ocean-going vessel Cardissa into use. The vessel will supply customers throughout Europe with LNG from the Gate terminal in Rotterdam.
LNG bunkering at port of Antwerp.
The Belgian and Zeebrugge have a long tradition as LNG hubs. In 2012, together with other ports in Europe and the U.S., they started a cooperation within the World Ports Climate Initiative of the IAPH (International Association of Ports and Harbors) to develop guidelines for safe bunker procedures and LNG technology.
The LNG Work Group is currently collaborating under the auspices of the IAPH to develop an accreditation process called theLNG Accreditation Audit Tool. The first draft of this international safety standard was introduced this past April in Amsterdam.
In Antwerp, bunkering is already possible with truck-to-ship (TTS) transfers on dedicated bunkering locations. Barges and smaller seagoing ships are able to bunker LNG smoothly and flexibly around the clock by using LNG tanker trucks. Captains as well as LNG suppliers can reserve a slot online to moor at quay 526-528 and take on LNG.
A fixed bunker station for inland and smaller seagoing ships is also being built, and is to be operational by the end of 2019. A bunker pontoon is planned as well. The Antwerp Port Authority is currently identifying locations for ship-to-ship bunkering of deep-sea vessels. The Belgian-based infrastructure operator Fluxys is overseeing the work in the port of Antwerp and Zeebrugge.
The Zeebrugge LNG terminal serves as a gateway to Northwestern Europe.
serves as a gateway to supply LNG to Northwestern Europe by loading and unloading LNG ships of all sizes, transferring LNG from ship to ship and loading LNG containers or regasifying LNG into the Fluxys pipeline network to supply the Belgian and other European markets.
The Zeebrugge LNG terminal has a regasification capacity of about 40 million cubic meters (mcm) per day. LNG ships from 2,000 m³ to 266,000 m³ LNG can be loaded or unloaded there. Up to 380,000 m³ of LNG can be stored in four tanks at atmospheric pressure. A fifth tank is currently under construction and will be commissioned in 2019, adding 180,000 m³ of storage capacity.
Due to concerns about dependency on Russian gas supplies, especially in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe, there's great interest in alternative sources for LNG—such as the United States.
This June, the and the U.S. provider Venture Global LNG signed an agreement for the sale and purchase of LNG from the United States. The terms of the deal includes a 20-year contract for 2 million tons per annum (mtpa) of LNG, equaling about 2.7 billion cubic meters (bcm) after regasification.
The Calcasieu Pass and Plaquemines LNG terminals in Louisiana, planned for completion in 2022 and 2023, will supply the cargo. The Polish LNG terminal in Swinoujscie, near the German border, also announced the expansion of its LNG capacity from 5 bcm to 7.5 bcm. The Polish operator, Gaz-System, expects it to be completed by 2022.
Even in Germany, which does not yet have its own LNG import terminal, the subject is very much top of mind. While several locations in Germany are being considered, the most advanced plans are in Brunsbuettel, a port near Hamburg. German LNG Terminal GmbH is the name of a joint venture between the Dutch companies Gasunie and Vopak and the German company Oiltanking to build Germany's first LNG terminal.
The new terminal will offer a throughput capacity of approximately 5 bcm per year, a 220,000 cubic meters (cbm) tank for storage, and a jetty set up to handle Q-Flex vessels, a new generation of LNG mega-vessels. With a cargo-carrying capacity of 216,200 m³, the Q-Flex design makes these vessels 40% larger then the standard 150,000 m³ LNG carrier.
The Brunsbuettel terminal will also provide discharge and loading of LNG, storage, regasification and transfer to the natural gas network as well as bunkering and distribution via trucks, barges and railcars. At a briefing in August, Dr. Bernd Buchholz, minister of economic affairs and transport of the German state Schleswig-Holstein, confirmed that he received a clear signal from the federal government regarding financial support.
"The investor consortium can now safely count on a timely decision on funding," said Buchholz, adding that he is convinced that the talks between EU Commission President Juncker and U.S. President Trump on the settlement of trade differences have had a positive effect on moving the project forward.
There is a great interest in autonomous vehicles and vessels worldwide, but when it comes to introducing innovative technology to boost autonomous shipping, Northern Europe is the "hot spot." In fact, Norway and Finland have become two major research and development centers.
In Norway, Yara Birkeland, the world's first zero emission, autonomous, electric container vessel, is one of the flagship projects. The project was introduced in May 2017 by Kongsberg, a Norwegian high-technological solutions provider, and Yara, an international producer and distributor of chemical products.
This August it moved a step closer to launching, as Yara signed a contract worth around $30 million with Vard, a global shipbuilder for specialized vessels. Vard plans to deliver the Yara Birkeland in early 2020, and the 120 TEU open-top containership will gradually shift from manned operation to fully autonomous operation by 2022.
The world's first autonomous and electric container vessel, Yara Birkeland.
The vessel will decrease NOx and CO2 emissions by reducing diesel-powered truck transport by around 40,000 journeys per year. Loading and discharging will be done automatically, using electric cranes and equipment. It also includes a fully automatic mooring system that will not require special equipment dockside.
The autonomous ship will sail between three ports in southern Norway, staying within 12 nautical miles of the coast. The area carrying most of the ship traffic in this region is covered by the Norwegian Coastal Administration's VTS system at Brevik. Three centers within this system will handle all aspects of peration, including emergency handling, condition and operational monitoring, decision support, surveillance of the ship and its surroundings, and all other safety aspects.
Finland has also become a top location for development of autonomous vessels. At the beginning of the year, Rolls-Royce announced the opening of a research and development center in Turku, Finland. The new facility includes a remote and autonomous experience space to showcase the autonomous ship technologies the company has already introduced, as well as those in the development stage.
The new R&D center enables and its partners to carry out projects focused on autonomous navigation, the development of land-based control centers and the use of artificial intelligence in remote and autonomous shipping operations. Interest in co-operation also came from the United States, as Rolls-Royce also signed a contract with Google Cloud to develop its intelligent awareness systems further.
The deal now allows Rolls-Royce to use Google's Cloud Machine Learning Engine to train the company's artificial intelligence (AI) based object classification system for detecting, identifying, and tracking the objects a vessel can encounter at sea. Rolls-Royce will use Google Cloud's software to create bespoke machine learning models that can interpret large and diverse marine data sets.
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5:00 AM PDT 4/25/2008 by Stuart Kemp , AP
A new starter in the field of old- school distribution and a fresh approach to filmmaking may end up being a good test bed for market conditions.
Recently launched Worldwide Bonus Entertainment is a startup U.K. company aiming to house publishing, distribution and music supervision operations. WBE recently staged a world premiere in London for its inaugural release, "Three and Out." Starring Mackenzie Crook of the BBC's "The Office," screen favorite Colm Meaney, a big cameo by Imelda Staunton and the latest Bond girl, Gemma Arterton, "Three" is the first release from the startup.
Everything about the movie and the distribution uses the word "private." The U.K. production banner Rovinge Motion Picture Co., who made "Three," collected the cash from private investors. The U.K. distributor WBE, which has a multipicture deal with Rovinge, is fueled by private investment. But the distributor is certainly not hoping the film itself remains private.
WBE chief Mark Gottlieb, a former advertising and marketing guru, told THR he is looking forward to the challenge of establishing a distribution entity in the U.K. from scratch.
Gottlieb's company also is planning to publish a book tie-in and a soundtrack album through WBE's publishing unit with songs from artists including Elvis Costello, Blondie, Billy Bragg and the Pogues. "We know it's cutthroat out there, but we are all really excited about this film and know it has to stand up for audiences," Gottlieb said. "Our objective is to make the rollout feel like it is a big studio film being released."
At the other end of the movie lifespan is a group of filmmakers from Liverpool who are shooting "Starstruck."
The movie, written by Leigh Campbell, directed by Lindy Heymann and produced by Andy Stebbing, is the third and final film to be commissioned through the Digital Departures initiative.
The plan aims to see three films funded, made and premiered in Liverpool as part of the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations in the city. The idea was devised by Northwest Vision and Media with its partners Liverpool Culture Co., the BBC and the U.K. Film Council.
Shooting on the £250,000 ($491,000) "Starstruck," about two teenage girls who bond over a mutual crush on a footballer, ends in May, almost a year to the day since the deadline for the Digital Departures submissions.
Said Lisa Marie Russo, executive producer of all three Digital Departures films: "It's been an incredibly quick turn-around — in feature film terms — and it's full credit to the Digital Departures team and all the filmmakers involved."
Time will be the judge on both ventures.
Stuart Kemp can be reached at skemp@eu.hollywoodreporter.com.
Stuart Kemp


The number of properties sold in the area up to August 31st is up 12% over last year and, there were 24% more sales in August compared to July. The number of residential sales in the six major markets we cover (Clearview, Collingwood, Blue Mountains, Wasaga Beach, Grey Highlands and Meaford) were actually identical to one year ago. Total sales in all areas and for all types of properties for the month were slightly down compared to August 2009 although the dollar value of the sales was up by 10% compared to August 2009.
The most active price range for residential properties sold in August was the $150,000 – $249,999 range (84 sales) followed by the $250,000 – $349,999 range. Significantly, the sale of properties valued in excess of $500,000 is up dramatically YTD with 126 sales, compared to just 70 in the same period last year. There have been 7 sales this year over $1.5 million versus just 1 last year at this time. Remarkably, we are seeing numerous properties listed and sold over the $2 million mark. In the month of August alone, there were 25 sales of properties valued at over $500,000 compared to 8 last year in the same month.
The 12 month average residential sale prices year-to-date are up in all our major markets this year. The 12 month average residential sale price in the Georgian Triangle is up 10% over 2009 with the average residential sale price in our 6 main markets being $325,146 versus $294,670 last year. I would add a cautionary note though – much of the increase in the AVERAGE price is due to the strength of home sales in the upper price range of the market. In homes priced under $300,000, we have actually seen some early softening in the sales figures.
The number of new listings is on par with August 2009 although the actual number of listings for the month climbed up from the number listed in June and July. At the end of August 2010, there were 2313 active listings on the market in the Georgian Triangle with about 1600 of these being residential units.
The tell-tale sales-to-listing ratio (percentage of properties listed that sell), is again on par with this time last year at just under 30% suggesting we are still in Buyers market territory. For the month alone, August presented the highest ratio of any month this year; possibly fueled by a fear of rising interest rates.
All MLS® data and/or statistics obtained from the Georgian Triangle Real Estate Board which generally reflects resale values and statistics. Many of the larger new home developments are not listed in our system.


Looking for a fun DIY craft this Christmas?
Mini wooden pegs can be individually stamped with sweet little messages ~ like Joy / Noël / Love / or even a persons name or initials.
When attached to brown paper packages wrapped up in string, mini pegs stamped with love, create an original handcrafted look for holding gift cards onto string.
Also these cute little pegs are a fun retro way to display photos or cards around the home for example: hanging a collection of Christmas Cards onto a long length of ribbon.
I do so love making quick and simple 'easy as' projects, and this cute little peg bag is no exception.
I have included some 'easy as' instructions in the picture below, just incase you would like to make one too - Click photo to enlarge.
New Fabric Collection - "Printemps"
I'm thrilled to introduce my new fabric collection "Printemps"
These fun shabby chic designs, feature vintage colour palettes including pink, pale blue, taupe and white.
All designs in the Printemps Collection are now available at Spoonflower.
Thank-you so much Vicky for sending this to me, I am so excited to see my work featured in the 2014 Spoonflower calendar accompanying the magazine.
I now have this lovely calendar on my studio wall to enjoy right throughout the year! Yay!
Every year, our Christmas tree goes up on the 1st December, but this year we're a few weeks early as I wanted to show you all how I repurposed an old drum lampshade to make this "easy as" no sew Christmas Tree Skirt - Yay!
There really is no limit to the way this lampshade 'skirt' can be decorated to suit your Christmas Decor - and if desired the look can be updated again year after year!
1) Measure the width of your Christmas Tree Stand to ensure it fits inside the circumference of your lampshade.
4) Decorate your tree and Enjoy!
Are you starting to think about Christmas?
I know my thoughts are already full of ideas for decorating the house this Christmas; so when I found packets of 12 mini silver bells, for $2 at Kmart - well I couldn't help but buy a few.
Now although cute - I wasn't really wanting that lovely, shiny, "new plastic" look that seems to be so readily available!
So in a few "easy as" steps I have transformed these cute little bells, to resemble old tarnished antique silver - Yay!
I can't believe the last time I updated this Blog was Dec - WOW!
And I have returned to a perennially favourite subject of mine for my next design called 'Daisy Wash' : these daisies have been stylised with a bold graphic approach, and scattered throughout a washed, water-colour world.
Tutorial: Shabby Scrappy Christmas Stars!
Yay! Christmas for me, has come early, thanks to the special holiday 'Gift Wrap' print offer at Spoonflower!
I was sooo excited when my gift wrap order arrived, it was totally ridiculous!!!
.... now all I need to do, is decide if I can actually bring myself to use it!
You will need: fabric scraps, pen, cardstock, pins, cotton, needle, glass beads, stuffing, cord/ribbon.
~ Insert ends of looped cord, and continue sewing to close gap.
~ REPEAT the last step with the remaining large and small star!
© Kristopher K 2012 - All rights reserved.
- Four mini prints for maxi fun!
I love this time of year, as my crafting box finds its way to the centre of our dining table and I start to think about decorating the house for Christmas!
It's a good thing however, looking at my depleted fabric stash (while drooling over the new Christmas Fabrics at Spoonflower) ... that I'm just in time to take advantage of Spoonflower's upcoming Free Shipping Day on Thursday November 15th, 2012!
Oh! and if Free Shipping isn't cool enough (yes! even to Australia - whoohoo) The fabulous folk at Spoonflower are printing selected designs in the Spoonflower marketplace for a limited time on Gift Wrap!
I think Christmas has surely come early for me this year.
Kristopher K Fabrics in Action!
- thank you all so much for sending me your photos, links and updates : Below are a few fabulous creations, that I've just recently received - WOW!
Design: Wild Welsh Stag 18" x 18"
I love using old glass bottles to display flowers, fresh from the garden.
I find however, that mini glass bottles (recycled from supermarket juice bottles) used on their own can be wobbly at the best of times ... so in order to make these little glass bottles more stable, I decided to join several together, simply by wrapping them with twine!
Your wonderful support and continued encouragement has made 2011 a totally amazing year for me!
Wishing you all my very best for a Fabulous, Happy and Healthy, 2012!
and a fabulous fun and festive holiday season!
Do you like crafting at Christmas Time?
Christmas is usually my favourite time of year to sit around the dining table, chatting and crafting with friends and family.
I've always loved easy - yet - Oh! so pretty crafts that add a vintage or handmade feel to your decorating - I think pretty fabric roses fit this brief perfectly and best of all they can be made at any time of year!
Easy As - Fabric Rose - Tutorial!
It's the 1st December! - can you believe it?
So today as well as decorating the tree, I've made some personalised Gift Tags (with a lovely handmade shabby feel) for the numerous "brown paper packages" soon to be placed under the tree!
.... lots of scary fun, lollies and candies I hope!
What a race by the French horse Dunaden!


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Free Financial Report
Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B. de C.V. (Bachoco) is a holding company. The Company owns and manages over 1,000 facilities, organized in approximately 10 production complexes and over 60 distribution centers in Mexico, and a production complex in the United States. Bachoco operates through two segments: poultry and others. The poultry segment consists of chicken and egg operations. The others segment includes the operations of pigs, balanced feed for animal consumption and other by-products. The Company participates in the food industry in Mexico and in the United States, mainly in the poultry industry. In Mexico, the Company's core business is poultry (chicken and egg products). It also produces and sells a range of other products
Bank Name Industrias Bachoco, S.A. de C.V.
Symbol IBA
Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Meat/Poultry/Fish
World Region Amarica
Chairman –
CEO Mr. Rodolfo Ramos Arvizu
Employees 27640
Website bachoco.com.mx
Registered Year 1952
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Cricket Coverage Expanded
Ireland's Men's cricket team came close to a major victory over England at Malahide on Friday and also announced that the follow on games taking place here against the West Indies and Bangladesh would be covered with a highlights package on RTÉ Television.
Friday's game was televised live on Sky while Sunday's match against the West Indies was live streamed on the BBC Website, as will be the case with each of the remaining matches in the Walton One day International Series.
The remaining three games that Ireland will play, all at Malahide, will also have a highlights package broadcast on RTÉ on the 9th, 11th and 15th May.
Cricket Ireland is also expected to make an announcement today with regard to the Women's game in Ireland and we will bring you news of that tomorrow morning.
Friday's game at Malahide saw Ireland come close to what would have been only a second ever one Day International victory over England, going favourite in the betting odds at one point in the afternoon after a stellar spell of bowling looked to have England on the ropes.
The World Cup hosts did come through in the end but with three young Irish players making debuts for the National team and Josh Little, in particular, shining, taking four wickets it was a positive day for the sport.
It was also a big weekend for Gary Wilson who won his 100th One-day International cap and also passed 2,000 runs in the format while playing for Ireland.
Irish Teams Excel to Power of Three
Joyce Takes Charge of Women's Cricket
Cricket Ireland Supporting Hope Foundation
Cricket Ireland Extends Partnership


International Nature Film Festival in Estonia.
The biggest festival in the Baltic and one of the largest in Eastern Europe.
Festival of films for children and youth.
International Short Film Film Festival.
Event dedicated to the documentary cinema.
International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival in Estonia.


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Income of Litgrid Group for the nine months of 2016 totalled EUR 123.1 million, a 69% increase compared with the same period of previous year. The Group's net profit increased 3.5 times, totalling EUR 12.4 million. Such financial results were largely determined by increase in transmission revenue, connection of new producers and other operating income as well as congestion revenues.
Income from electricity transmission accounts for the largest share (40%) of total income of the Group. A substantial increase of this income – by more than one-third to EUR 49.7 million - was driven by both larger quantities sold and higher prices. Other factors that contributed to the growth include the putting into operation of NordBalt and LitPol Link power links as well as the smooth operation of the transmission grid.
Costs of the Group in the period January-September 2016 were EUR 108.1 million (+58% year-to-year). The new power links have a significant impact on the cost growth as the demand for balancing electricity, system services, and covering of process losses has increased after they were put into operation.
The Group's EBITDA for the nine months of 2016 was EUR 36 million. The EBITDA has increased by EUR 14.5 million, or 68% year-to-year. There has been a rise in the return on capital ratio and the return on assets ratio as well: from 1.9% to 6.6% and from 0.7% to 3.5%, respectively.
"In addition to the cutting of operating costs, Litgrid seeks to achieve better operating results by a more efficient management of assets, improving competences, and encouraging employees to assume responsibility for the attainment of our goals",- said Rimantas Busila, Director of Finance at Litgrid.
Litgrid's investments totalled EUR 30 million during the nine months. They have been earmarked, in nearly equal parts, for the implementation of strategic projects and the reconstruction and development of the transmission grid.


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1 February 2010 Haemoproteus cyanomitrae sp. nov. (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from a Widespread African Songbird, the Olive Sunbird, Cyanomitra olivacea
Tatjana A. Iezhova, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Claire Loiseau, Thomas B. Smith, Ravinder N. M. Sehgal
Tatjana A. Iezhova, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Claire Loiseau,* Thomas B. Smith,** Ravinder N. M. Sehgal*
*Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, California 94132.
**Center for Tropical Research, University of California, Los Angeles, La Kretz Hall, Los Angeles, California 90095.
J. of Parasitology, 96(1):137-143 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2198.1
Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) cyanomitrae n. sp. (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) was found in the olive sunbird, Cyanomitra olivacea (Nectariniidae), in rain forests of tropical Africa. It is described based on the morphology of its blood stages and a segment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (GenBank accession FJ404696), which can be used for molecular identification and diagnosis of this species. Fully grown gametocytes of new parasite are similar to many other species of haemoproteids of passeriform birds, so are not easily distinguishable from many of them at this stage of their development. Haemoproteus cyanomitrae can be readily distinguished from the majority of described species of avian haemoproteids, primarily due to its growing dumbbell-shaped gametocytes and advanced halteridial gametocytes, both of which do not touch the envelope of infected erythrocytes along their entire margin. Pigment granules are most frequently clamped in 1, or several, groups in gametocytes, with larger group of pigment granules usually located close to one end of the gametocyte; asymmetric position of pigment granules in gametocytes a characteristic feature of this parasite. Illustrations of blood stages of the new species are given, and phylogenetic analysis identifies DNA lineages closely related to this parasite, which is widespread in African rain forests, but has been recorded only in the olive sunbird so far. It is probable that H. cyanomitrae is transmitted throughout the range of the olive sunbird in Africa.
Tatjana A. Iezhova, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Claire Loiseau, Thomas B. Smith, and Ravinder N. M. Sehgal "Haemoproteus cyanomitrae sp. nov. (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from a Widespread African Songbird, the Olive Sunbird, Cyanomitra olivacea," Journal of Parasitology 96(1), 137-143, (1 February 2010). https://doi.org/10.1645/GE-2198.1
Received: 8 June 2009; Accepted: 1 August 2009; Published: 1 February 2010
Journal of Parasitology
Tatjana A. Iezhova, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Claire Loiseau, Thomas B. Smith, Ravinder N. M. Sehgal "Haemoproteus cyanomitrae sp. nov. (Haemosporida: Haemoproteidae) from a Widespread African Songbird, the Olive Sunbird, Cyanomitra olivacea," Journal of Parasitology, 96(1), 137-143, (1 February 2010)


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Writing the perfect pitch and crafting a compelling bio is difficult. That's why whole industries exist to enable us to tell our stories better. Copywriters, creative directors and brand strategists like me wouldn't exist if it were easy to articulate the essence of what we do, and communicate how and why we do it.
There's no way around it, you need to spend some serious time and energy on your about page because it's probably one of the most visited pages on your website.
Understanding the prospective customer is the most overlooked aspect of business communication. Every message you craft should begin by understanding the audience it's intended for. If you don't know who you're talking to how can you tell them what they want and need to hear? Start with why, but don't forget who.
2. Don't just lead with the facts.
Explain how you got to where you are today. Your backstory doesn't have to be a chronological list. Make it interesting. Enable people to understand how you know what you know.
7. Demonstrate how you've provided solutions for others.
9. Add a contact link.
Your about page should not only provide information and build trust, but it must also encourage potential clients to get in touch.
10. Don't make it all about you.
Think about why you're writing your about page in the first place and how you want the reader to feel when she's done reading it.
*Bonus* Write like you speak.
I know it's tempting to add words you never use, but you'll just end up sounding unlike you. If you're having trouble with this try speaking and recording your story first, then write up the best bits. There's a debate about whether to write it first or third person. My personal preference is the first person because I want to speak directly to you, but many great about pages are written in the third person.
It's clear that the company's founder Zoe has spent A LOT of time understanding her audience. Every word on this about page says, "I see you." to the reader.
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A great example of an about page that communicates purpose builds trust and helps a prospective customer to know what to do next with calls to action.
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Taos Ski Valley reaches new heights in sustainability
Christopher Kodey
Denielle Rose
Posted Thursday, April 6, 2017 5:19 pm
A personal message
I moved here in September 2016 and want to thank the people of Taos for welcoming my wife and me with open arms. We have enjoyed our first six months here and are truly happy to be part of this great community. This is a special place full or art and history. Muchas gracias."
David Norden
Teresa Dovalpage
Taos Ski Valley is the first ski resort in the world to become a "Certified B Corporation." The sustainability recognition attests to the company's commitment to its community, employees and the environment. Organizations with this classification are known for using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. And that's what Taos Ski Valley has been doing consistently, said CEO David Norden. "Our environmental efforts and investment into the community and the local economy were among the main reasons why the company became B Corp certified," he said.
Taos Verde – The greening up of the ski valley
An initiative that proved critical to the certification was "Taos Verde," considered the cornerstone of the company's environmental efforts. It identifies energy, stewardship, water, waste and engagement as its five core areas of focus.
"The official state question of New Mexico is, 'Red or green?'"
Norden explained when asked about the initiative's name. "Here, we choose verde – green. We are all for green building,
recycling and preservation of our rivers and forests."
One of Taos Verde's main accomplishments was a considerable reduction in greenhouse gas emissions at the ski valley. From
2014 to 2016, the company reduced those emissions of its own making by 10.9 percent.
"We use electric vehicles, upgraded our snowcat fleet to Tier 3 motors and have [energy-efficient] snowmaking systems," Norden said. "Our snowmaking energy consumption has been reduced by 17 percent, the equivalent to reducing our CO2 emissions by 234 tons."
The green building techniques used at The Blake, the resort's newest hotel, also played a crucial part in the program.
"It has an advanced geothermal system for heating and cooling," Norden said. "We have also implemented new waste-reduction initiatives, like using reusable, collapsible water bottles instead of plastic ones."
But perhaps the most innovative recycling idea is a partnership with the Taos Earthship Institute.
"We have an exceptional wine menu at The Blake and decided to put the empty wine bottles to good use," Norden said. "We donate them to the Earthship community so they can be reused as building materials for homes."
The benefits of sustainability
Taos Ski Valley looks to the future, Norden said, so stewardship of the land is at the heart of the Taos Verde program.
"We have partnered with the United States Forest Service and the Nature Conservancy to improve the forest's health, restore wildlife habitats, reduce wildfire risks and protect the watershed," he said. "This also makes for better skiing, so it's a win-win situation for everyone."
He points out the fact that many travelers today are inclined to support socially responsible and sustainable businesses. "As soon as we announced that we were a B-certified corporation, we immediately noticed that more people were choosing Taos as a destination," he said.
Mountain, culture and spirit
When skiers come to Taos Ski Valley, they are not only attracted to its 300 inches of average annual snowfall and uncrowded terrain, but also lured by the uniqueness of the place.
"Many ski areas are owned by large corporations," Norden said. "But since Taos Ski Valley is independent, that allows us to keep a high level of differentiation while maintaining our strong social mission and the resort's authentic charm."
Much of that charm is due to the natural beauty and cultural heritage of the region. Though, historically, most of the Taos Ski Valley activities have taken place in the winter, Norden has plans to expand them to the rest of the year.
"We have a great story to tell that can attract people in the summer, fall and spring as well," he said. "We are building on the strengths of the area – the great outdoors, the art and culture of the region and the spirituality of Northern New Mexico – to bring like-minded people here. We are also looking forward to having yoga groups, conferences and weddings at the resort."
Anchored in the community
The Taos Ski Valley Foundation supports a variety of educational and community programs and organizations, like Amigos Bravos, Taos Land Trust, Taos Community Foundation, Rocky Mountain Youth Corps and others.
The foundation donates ski passes and lessons and hosts many charitable events. "Our goal is to promote a robust community," Norden said. "We continue to form bonds with different organizations and groups. When we opened The Blake, we had a special blessing from Taos Pueblo. It was a beautiful experience. We would like to do more of that and bring all the people together."
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No comment from U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner as Senate prepares to vote on methane rule - Denverite, the Denver site!
May. 10, 2017, 7:54 a.m.
Republicans from energy-producing states are under pressure as the Senate weighs whether to overturn an Obama-era regulation to restrict harmful methane emissions escaping from oil and gas wells on public land.
A coalition of groups with ties to the fossil-fuel industry and the conservative Koch Brothers have waged a public campaign to overturn the Interior Department rule but have so far fallen short.
Senate Republican leaders say they are close to getting the 51 votes needed to overturn the rule under the Congressional Review Act. A vote is scheduled Wednesday even as key GOP senators remain publicly undecided.
Two Republican senators — South Carolina's Lindsey Graham and Susan Collins of Maine — have said they will oppose the repeal effort, while Republican Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Dean Heller of Nevada have not declared how they will vote.
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, said late Monday he will support the repeal effort after weeks of public silence, saying he got assurances from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that he will take steps to reduce methane waste.
Despite Portman's announcement, some environmental groups are optimistic they can score an unlikely victory by preserving the Obama-era rule under a Republican-controlled Congress and White House.
President Barack Obama finalized a rule in November that seeks to reduce waste and harmful methane emissions as part of a strategy to address climate change.
Energy companies frequently "flare" or burn off vast supplies of methane — the primary component of natural gas — at drilling sites because it earns less money than oil. An estimated $330 million a year in natural gas is wasted through leaks or intentional releases — enough to power about 5 million homes a year.
Robert Dillon, a spokesman for the American Council for Capital Formation, a business-aligned group that promotes lower regulations and taxes, said he is confident the methane rule will be overturned. The Republican-controlled House voted in February to reject the rule, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure if it lands on his desk.
While acknowledging that the Senate vote has taken longer than expected, "nearly all Republicans are now expected to support repeal of the methane rule," Dillon said.
Democrats and environmental groups hailed the Obama rule as a way to protect the public health and generate tens of millions of dollars in revenues for state, local and tribal governments.
Republicans and industry groups call the rule another example of federal overreach under Obama and say it duplicates state rules in place throughout the West. Methane emissions fell by 13 percent from 2011 to 2014 even as production boomed, according to government data.
"The oil and gas sector has been so successful in reducing methane emissions from venting and flaring, in part, because methane itself is a valuable resource that producers capture and sell," a coalition of industry groups said in a letter to senators.
The groups include the American Energy Alliance and Americans for Prosperity, part of a conservative network backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch.
The Obama rule will decrease energy production on federal lands, leading to lower revenues from royalties and higher energy costs and lost jobs, the coalition said.
Both sides of the debate have targeted Gardner, a first-term senator who heads the Republican Senate campaign committee. The federal rule is based on a Colorado regulation widely popular in the state. A recent poll showed 83 percent of Colorado residents support requiring energy companies to prevent leaks of methane gas.
Don Schreiber, a New Mexico rancher whose family owns a farm in southern Colorado, said it would be "morally outrageous" for Gardner and other senators to overturn the methane rule, citing a huge methane plume that hovers over the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
The plume threatens tourism and the health of local residents, Schreiber and Gwen Lachelt, a commissioner in La Plata County, Colo., said at a Capitol news conference Tuesday.
"My constituents deserve protection," Lachelt said, calling the methane plume "a very grave" threat.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said it would "be a huge step backwards to roll back" the methane rule. "We can keep our commitment to people or we can let polluters off the hook," she said.


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March 28, 2001-Doctor says he was disabled by Posicor
Dr. Jimmy Frazier claimed Monday he was permanently disabled and unable to work after he took the drug Posicor to treat mild hypertension and congestive heart failure.
Frazier and his wife, Shirley, made the claim in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Dayton. Frazier took the medication March 27, 1998, was found "completely unresponsive" and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was diagnosed with acute pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, according to the lawsuit filed.
Frazier suffered "severe and debilitating damage to his heart" and has lost $ 1.2 million in income since he took the drug, the lawsuit states. The defendants in the lawsuit - Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. and Roche Group, both of Nutley, N.J. - confirmed the drug has been withdrawn from the market, but did not respond to other questions.
Roche Laboratories pulled Posicor off the market June 9, 1998, saying it may cause dangerous, even deadly, interactions with more than 25 other drugs, from antibiotics to cancer medicines.
The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, claims the defendants "knew or should have known" that Posicor interacted dangerously with other medications and that before the Food and Drug Administration approved Posicor in 1997, data showed significant safety concerns about the drug.
Before it was removed from the market, Posicor caused multiple injuries and 24 deaths by interacting dangerously with other medications, according to the lawsuit.
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Petit Elephant is located in Cherai Beach, 24.1 km from Cochin and 22.5 km from Ernakulam. The hotel has an outdoor pool and sun terrace, and guests can enjoy a meal at the restaurant.All rooms come with a private bathroom fitted with a shower.There is a 24-hour front desk at the property.The hotel also provides bike rental. The nearest airport is Kochi International Airport, 24.1 km from Petit Elephant.


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Q: What is the difference between ReentrantLock vs stampedlock? Which one to prefer? What should be the use cases for choosing between ReentrantLock and StampedLock?
For example, Which lock should be chosen if I have 10 Readers and 10 Writers?
And which one to choose if i have 20 Readers and 1 writers?

A: ReentrantLock is, as its name and javadocs say, reentrant. StampedLock is not.
StampedLock is a low-level building block with some fragile behavior and complex interaction with the java memory model. Its use should be avoided unless you understand all its properties and have profiled code to determine that something is actually bottlenecked on locking.


After investigations showed that Hon. Elvin Penner was involved in wrong doing at the Immigration Department, Prime Minister quickly removed him from Cabinet and stripped him of the portfolio which he handled. He was additionally asked to resign from the National Assembly and the United Democratic Party, the latter two he has not yet done.
And while the penalty against Penner was swift and severe, there were still outstanding matters as to his tenure in the House of Representatives; he still held a government vehicle and was still the Chair of the House Committee on Public Utilities, Transport and Communication.
In a release from Cabinet it was announced that Penner will no longer hold either the vehicle or the chairmanship. The release stated that "Cabinet also examined other areas in which it felt action was needed to combat any suggestion that the Administration would not resolutely act to put a stop to Ministerial or official wrongdoing. Accordingly, the Prime Minister has required ex-Minister Elvin Penner to turn in the Government vehicle that he kept, after removal from Cabinet, as Chair of a House Committee. Hon. Penner will also lose the chairmanship of that House Committee on Public Utilities, Transport and Communications."
On another note to bolster transparency in public office it was also announced that after consultation with the Leader of the Opposition the ex-FIU Director, Marilyn Williams, will be the chairman of the Integrity Commission.