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Friday, April 21st, 2006 at 2:30 pm
The Hitchcock Multipurpose Room, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History
Chancellor James Moeser and Professor Judith Wegner, Chair of the Faculty, will preside
2:30 Faculty Council Convenes
2:30 Remembrance of Deceased Faculty
2:35 Annual Report of Standing Commitees
Buildings and Grounds. David W. Owens, Chair
Research. Harvey Seim, Chair
Faculty Welfare, Alice Ammerman, Chair
2:45 Resolution 2006-5 Technical Amendments to Resolution 2006-4
Joseph S. Ferrell, Secretary of the Faculty
2:50 Faculty Chair Updates
Faculty Assembly discussion of tuition computation by credit hour
Work of the Engagement Task Force
Report on Graduate Education Survey
3:00 Resolution 2006-6 On Fixed-Term Faculty
Report of the Faculty Council Fixed Term Faculty Committee
Responses on Fixed Term
3:25 Nomination and Election of the Secretary of the Faculty
Arne L. Kalleberg, Chair of the Advisory Committee
3:30 Resolution 2006-7 In Appreciation of Provost Robert Shelton
3:35 Chancellor's Remarks and Question Period
3:55 Presentation of the 2006 Thomas Jefferson Award
4:10 Faculty Chair Farewell Remarks
Professor Judith Wegner
4:20 Incoming Faculty Chair Remarks
4:25 Closed Session: Nominations for Honorary Degrees to be Awarded at Commencement 2007
4:35 Reception in Honor of the President-Elect of the University of Arizo
Joseph S. Ferrell
Section3-2 of the Faculty Code of University Government provides as follows: "The secretary of the faculty shall serve for a term of five years and shall be eligible for re-election. The Advisory Committee shall nominate one member of the voting faculty for the position. The Faculty Council, after opportunity has been given for additional nominations from the floor, shall proceed to elect a secretary of the faculty."
The Faculty Council of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill convened at 2:30 p.m. in the Hitchcock Multipurpose Room of the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History.
The following 52 members of the Council attended: Alperin, Ammerman, Bachenheimer, Barreau, Becker, Belger, Bennett, Blocher, Booth, Chapman, Copenhaver, Couper, Dalton, Degener, DeSaix, Dupuis, Foley, Gerber, Givre, Granger, Gulledge, Holmgren, Huber, Kamarei, Leonard, Matson, Matthysse, McGrath, McIntosh, Mesibov, Murray, Papanikolas, Perrin, Renner, Rogers, Rustioni, Salmon, Sandelowski, Sawin, Smith, Sulik, Sweeney, Taylor, Templeton, Tiwana, Tobin, Trotman, Wallace, Weinberg, Wilson, Wissick, Yankaskas. The following 23 members were granted excused absences: Cairns, Connolly, Conover, Eble, Gasaway, Gilligan, Heenan, Kagarise, Klebanow, Kramer, Lastra, Marshall, Martin, Miguel, Murphy, Peirce, Peterson, Rock, Selassie, Simpson, Strom-Gottfried, Tauchen, and Vick. The following 11 members were absent without excuse: Anton, Arnold, Ewend, Frampton, Jonas, Keagy, Lin, Muller, Sutherland, Weir, and Wolford.
Chancellor Moeser having been delayed in arrival, Professor Judith Wegner called the meeting to order.
Remembrance of Deceased Faculty
Prof. Joseph Ferrell, Secretary of the Faculty, recited the names, titles, date of appointment, and date of death of members of the faculty who died in the past year. [See Appendix A.]
Annual Reports of Standing Committees
Buildings and Grounds. Prof. David Owens (Government), Chair of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds, presented the committee's annual report. Prof. Owens said that this year, in addition to reviewing the specifics of individual projects, the committee had tried to focus on the policies and plans that lie behind the siting and design of buildings, especially the new Arts Complex, the Science Complex Part II, the preliminary plans for the Bell Tower Lot, and efforts to reestablish the link between the North Campus and the Health Affairs Complex which existed 50 years ago but has been lost.
Research Committee.Prof. Harvey Seim (Marine Science), Chair of the Research Committee, presented the committee's annual report. He said that the committee had focused this year on implementing actions stemming from last year's work on collaborative interdisciplinary research, and on developing guidelines for gap funding and bridge funding.
Prof. Steven Bachenheimer (Microbiology & Immunology) asked whether the committee had considered asking that licensing and patent revenue might be tapped as a source for gap funding. Prof. Seim said that this had been mentioned among other potential sources, but that the committee had not gone into revenue sources very deeply.
Faculty Welfare Committee. Prof. Alice Ammerman (Nutrition), Chair of the Faculty Welfare Committee, said that the committee had focused this year on faculty benefits and wellness. She reported that the Provost has approved the committee's request to fund a full-time position for one year to staff a steering committee for worker health, safety, and wellness. On behalf of the committee, she moved adoption of a resolution endorsing that initiative. The resolution was adopted and enrolled as Resolution 2006-8. See Appendix B.
Prof. Karen Booth (Women's Studies) asked whether the committee had discussed partner benefits, Prof. Wegner said she had raised that issue with President Bowles as part of work that the Faculty Assembly is doing on faculty benefits.
Technical Amendments to Resolution 2006-4
Prof. Ferrell presented a proposed resolution to make two technical corrections to Resolution 2006-4, adopted in March. The first change makes the deadline for choosing the Pass/D+/D/Fail Option the same as the deadline for Drop/Add, i.e., the eighth week of the semester. The second change makes it clear that the Drop/Add deadline for courses offered on a calendar different from the fall or spring semester will occur when one half of the course is completed. The resolution was adopted without dissent and is enrolled as Resolution 2006-5. See Appendix C.
Faculty Chair Updates
Prof. Wegner recognized Sr. Assoc. Dean Bobbi Owen (Arts & Sciences), who chaired the recent SACS reaccreditation work, and congratulated her on a highly successful experience with the visiting committee who were highly complimentary of the Quality Enhancement Plan and the way our faculty responded to the reaccreditation effort. Prof. Wegner recognized Sr. Assoc. Dean Bobbi Owen (Arts & Sciences), who chaired the recent SACS reaccreditation work, and congratulated her on a highly successful experience with the visiting committee who were highly complimentary of the Quality Enhancement Plan and the way our faculty responded to the reaccreditation effort. The Council responded with hearty applause.
Prof. Wegner reported briefly on discussions in a recent meeting of the Faculty Assembly about the proposal to compute tuition by credit hour. She said that the reason for advancing the change is to bring uniformity throughout the UNC System to two situations: (1) computing tuition when a student in one UNC System institution takes one or more courses at another institution in the System; (2) computing tuition for distance education courses. The change also brings rules for computing tuition into harmony with the General Assembly's method of appropriating funds to the System. Appropriations are made on the basis of student credit hours and enrollment while tuition is now computed on the basis of full-time equivalent student.
Prof. Wegner said that the final meeting of the Engagement Task Force is scheduled soon. One of the major proposals will be a convocation on the question of engaged scholarship to be held Nov. 9-10, 2006. She asked for help in identifying exemplars of outstanding engaged scholarship.
Prof. Wegner said that the System budget includes additional funding for graduate education, including more money for tuition remissions. Also, the Board of Trustees will be talking about graduate education at their May meeting. She said they have asked her for recommendations.
Resolution on Fixed-Term Faculty
Prof. Richard Weinberg (Cell & Developmental Biology) spoke to the report of the Council Committee on Fixed-Term Faculty and a resolution that it is proposing. Prof. Weinberg said that there are two classes of citizens on the faculty: those on tenure-track and those on fixed terms. He said that this poses a problem. One group of absolutists say the answer to the problem is to abolish fixed-term faculty, but that is unrealistic. Another group of absolutists say fixed-term and tenure-track faculty should be treated the same in all respects. This option also is unrealistic at this time. He noted that fixed-term faculty serve different purposes in different schools, and that the percentage of the faculty on fixed-term is increasing steadily in several of the professional schools, especially those in Health Affairs.
Prof. Andrew Perrin (Sociology) said that more than economic security is at stake here. There is also the matter of scholarly integrity and political security. He said that fixed-term faculty are not on the same basis in these regards as those with permanent tenure. He hoped that the committee would address this concern in the future. Prof. Wegner said that this is mentioned in the committee report, but is not emphasized in the resolution.
Prof. Diane Leonard (Comparative Literature) said she is concerned that the University is replacing tenure-track faculty with fixed-term faculty in some departments. Prof. Weinberg said he understood Prof. Leonard to be asking if the committee's report and resolution were part of a "stealth effort" to eliminate tenure. He said that they are not.
Prof. Gregory Copenhaver (Biology) said that the more one strengthens the position of fixed-term faculty the more one closes the gap between tenure-track and fixed-term. That diminshes the force of the arguments of those who seek to eliminate tenure. He thought improving the status of fixed-term faculty would be a win-win situation for both categories.
The resolution On Fixed-Term Faculty Members was adopted without dissent and enrolled as Resolution 2006-6. See Appendix D.
Nomination and Election of Secretary of the Faculty
Prof. Arne Kalleberg, Chair of the Advisory Committee, nominated Prof. Joseph S. Ferrell for re-election as Secretary of the Faculty for a five-year term expiring June 30, 2011. There were no nominations from the floor. Prof. Ferrell was elected by acclamation.
Resolution in Appreciation of Provost Robert Shelton
Prof. Wegner presented a resolution of appreciation for the service of Provost Robert Shelton, who has been elected president of the University of Arizona and will be leaving Carolina at the end of this academic year after five years of service here. See Appendix E.
The resolution was adopted unanimously, followed by a standing ovation, and is enrolled as Resolution 2006-7. Provost Shelton responded.
Chancellor's Remarks and Question Period
Chancellor Moeser spoke warmly of Provost Shelton's service.
The chancellor said that although the SACS visiting team was very pleased with the Quality Enhancement Plan and other aspects of the reaccreditation work, they were most impressed by the "over the top" affection and loyalty shown to Carolina by our faculty and students.
Chancellor Moeser paid high tribute to Prof. Wegner, who is completing her three-year term as faculty chair this year. He said that effective leadership of the faculty is one of the things that create great faculty engagement and involvement in any University. He and Provost Shelton have served at a number of other institutions, he said, and have found the level and quality of faculty governance here at Carolina to be without parallel in their previous experience. He said that Prof. Wegner is an adviser who always speaks the unvarnished truth, sometimes giving advice that he didn't want to hear, but always speaking with grace in a gentle, polite way. He observed that his many conversations with Prof. Wegner always led to constructive results. She has been an invaluable representative of the faculty, he said. The chancellor mentioned several areas in which Prof. Wegner's leadership was especially helpful: faculty retention; diversion of the final 25% of licensing funds to help create 55 new scholarships; and gaining the attention of the Board of Trustees on critical issues facing graduate students. He concluded by presenting to Prof. Wegner a plaque and a floral bouquet.
Resolution of Appreciation for Professor Judith Wegner
Chancellor Moeser recognized Prof. Noelle Granger (Cell & Developmental Biology), who presented on behalf of the Faculty Executive Committee a resolution of appreciation for Prof. Wegner's service as chair of the faculty. The resolution was adopted unanimously, and the Council rose applause in tribute with hearty applause. See Appendix F
Resolution on Honors Program in Western Cultures
Prof. Perrin rose to introduce a proposed resolution of the General Faculty "Calling on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to Withdraw from Negotiations over the Program in Honors Foundations in Western Cultures and to Abide by Rules for Faculty Input into Donations that Affect the Curriculum." Prof. Perrin distributed copies of the resolution and read it aloud. See Appendix G.
At Prof. Wegner's request, Prof. Ferrell read Rule 2 of the Rules of Procedure of the General Faculty, which requires that any resolution expressing the sense of the General Faculty must have been distributed at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting at which it is presented.
Provost Shelton said that the issues raised by the proposed resolution are of extreme importance. Sufficient time for discussion should be allowed, he said, and he pointed out that many of those who have first-hand knowledge of the facts had no notice of this proposal and are not present. He pointed out that one of the allegations in the resolution is that the administration, which includes himself, has "repeatedly misled faculty members." He said that it would be important to have members of the Honors Advisory Board present for the discussion, as at least three allegations are directed at activities of that board or its members. He felt strongly that the resolution is not a trivial matter that could be handled at the last minute.
Prof. Ferrell said that the Rules of Procedure wisely require that members have an opportunity to acquaint themselves with important matters put before the body, and that it would be an unfortunate precedent to debate and vote on this resolution at this meeting. He felt if the General Faculty wishes to take up the resolution, it would be preferable to do so at a special meeting to be held before the end of the current semester.
Prof. Barbara Jo Foley (Nursing) moved to table the resolution. Prof. Ferrell advised that the motion to table is not debatable, but that a motion to postpone to another time is debatable. Prof. Foley withdrew the motion to table and moved to postpone. Prof. Trude Bennett (Public Health) moved to amend to hold a special meeting before Commencement. The amendment was adopted. The motion to postpone to a special meeting of the General Faculty to be held before Commencement was adopted
Presentation of the 2006 Thomas Jefferson Award
Chancellor Moeser presented the 2006 Thomas Jefferson Award to Michael Stegman, Duncan McRae and Rebecca Kyle McRae Professor of Public Policy. Prof. Richard N. Andrews (Public Policy) read the citation. Prof. Stegman responded. See Appendix H.
Chancellor's Response to Prof. Perrin's Resolution
Chancellor Moeser rose in response to the resolution presented by Prof. Perrin. He said that the actions of the faculty in considering the resolution presented by Prof. Perrin will be closely observed across this state and nation and that we must be careful not to leave the impression that the perspectives and subjects of study covered by the proposed Western Cultures program are unwelcome in Chapel Hill, which could be the case if we act in haste. He urged the faculty to consider the facts carefully and said that he is confident that such consideration would lead to the conclusion that this administration has not misled anyone. He asked the faculty to think clearly and act only after full and careful deliberation.
Faculty Chair Farewell Remarks
Prof. Wegner began by recognizing and thanking members who are concluding their service on Faculty Council or standing committees at this meeting.
Prof. Wegner said: "We together are the faculty. No single person, no single discipline, no single viewpoint. We together are stewards of the future and of knowledge. We serve as examples to our students and reminders to the body politic. This is a high calling for us all. It has been a privilege to serve as your chair for the past three years. We have worked on many important topics together: faculty retention, tuition policy, strengthening need-based aid and at the same time working on ways to attract top students to Carolina, graduate education, scholarly communication, information technology, public service and engagement, issues concerning fixed-term faculty. As today's meeting has demonstrated, controversy and difficult dialogues are always part of our common life. The best advice in such situations is to walk boldly into the conflict; otherwise, we will never learn from each other about differing points of view."
Speaking to Prof. Perrin's resolution, Prof. Wegner said that she looks forward to discussing the issues in a special faculty meeting. She expressed concern that adoption of the resolution as drafted could discourage valid lines of inquiry among the faculty. She also said that she would not vote for the resolution herself because it tars people with allegations of ill conduct with no supporting evidence.
Prof. Wegner challenged the faculty to be ever mindful of the importance of faculty involvement in the governance of the institution. She warned that in order to preserve the benefits of academic freedom and to advance the collegium, succeeding generations must step forward and assume the mantle of leadership.
Finally, Prof. Wegner called on the faculty to remember our social compact with the people of North Carolina: to equip each rising generation to meet the challenges that will come before it. She concluded her remarks by recalling the words of the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu, who said that the best leader is the one who, at the end of the day, has led the people to understand that we did it ourselves.
Incoming Faculty Chair Remarks
Prof. Joseph Templeton (Chemistry), incoming faculty chair, thanked Prof. Wegner for bringing to her office commendable commitment, prodigious passion, incomparable intelligence, and endless energy. He said that the faculty's trust is essential if he is to do the job just entrusted to him. He does not expect unanimous agreement as to methods, he said, but does hope to find consensus on most of our academic goals.
At the suggestion of Prof. Ed Halloran (AAUP Observer), the faculty "piped in" Prof. Templeton by singing "Hark the Sound."
Nominations for Honorary Degrees to be Awarded at Commencement 2007
The Faculty went into closed session to consider nominations presented by the Committee on Honorary Degrees and Special Awards for honorary degrees to be presented at Commencement 2007. Prof. Ferrell, on behalf of the committee, submitted five nominees. All were approved.
The General Faculty returned to open session. Having completed its business, the Council and General Faculty adjourned at 4:30 p.m. Members remained for a reception in honor of Provost Robert Shelton, the President-Elect of the University of Arizona.
In Memorian 2006
Barbara Henry Cleaveland
Assistant Professor of Social Work Emerita; M.S.W., 1961 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); A.B., 1940 (Duke University); Appointed 1963, died August 5, 2005.
Frederic Neill Cleaveland
Professor of Political Science Emeritus and Research Professor in the Institute for Research in Social Science Emeritus; Ph.D., 1951 (Princeton University); M.A., 1950 (Princeton University); M.A., 1942 (Duke University); B.A., 1937 (Duke University); Appointed 1951, died December 21, 2005.
James C. Cowan
Adjunct Professor of English Emeritus; Ph.D., 1964 (University of Oklahoma); M.A., 1956 (Oklahoma State University); A.B., 1950 (Mercer University); Appointed 1989, died November 30, 2005.
Ethel McKee Earl
Clinical Associate Professor of Dental Ecology Emerita; B.S., 1971 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Appointed 1966, died May 27, 2005.
Elizabeth Merrill Edmands
Associate Professor of Public Health Nursing Emerita; M.A., 1955 (Columbia University); B.S.P.H.N., 1943 (University of Michigan); R.N., 1936 (Rhode Island Hospital). Appointed 1967, died March 21, 2005.
Jean Freeman
Lecturer and Dean's Assistant Emerita; A.B., Librarianship, 1933 (The University of North Carolina at Greensboro); B.A., 1958 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Appointed 1941, died October 27, 2005.
David Galinsky
Professor of Psychology Emeritus; Ph.D., 1961 (University of Michigan); A.M., 1959 (University of Michigan); A.B., 1956 (Duke University). Appointed 1965, died January 25, 2006.
J. Dieter Geratz
Professor of Pathology Emeritus; M.D., 1953 (J.W. Goethe University); Appointed 1960, died November 14, 2005.
Geraldine Gourley
Adjunct Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Health Emerita; Ph.D., 1935 (Washburn University); M.S., 1942 (Chicago); Appointed 1958; died August 5, 2005.
Harry Guess
Professor of Epidemiology; M.D., 1979 (University of Miami); Ph.D., 1972 (Stanford University); M.S., 1972 (Stanford University); M.S., 1964 (Georgia Institute of Technology); B.S., 1964 (Georgia Institute of Technology); Appointed 1988, died January 1, 2006.
Roger Durham Hannay
Professor of Music Emeritus. Ph.D., 1956 (University of Rochester); M.M., 1953 (Boston University); B.M., 1952 (Syracuse University. Appointed 1966; died January 27, 2006.
Martha Nell Hardy
Professor of Speech Communication Emerita. M.A., 1951 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); B.A., 1944 (Oklahoma State University). Appointed 1965; died October 14, 2005.
Bonnie Keaton Hensley
Associate Professor of Nursing Emerita. M.S., 1969 (Duke University); B.S., 1964 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Dip. In Nursing, 1940 (Johns Hopkins University). Appointed 1968, died March 18, 2006.
Samuel William Hitt
Director Emeritus, Health Sciences Library; M.A., 1951 (Emory University); B.A., 1948 (University of Missouri); A.A., 1941 (Little Rock Junior College). Appointed 1976, died December 2005.
Murry Wade Holland
Professor of Fixed Prosthodontics Emeritus; M.Ed., 1961 (Duke University); D.D.S., 1956 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); A.B., 1952 (Elon College). Appointed 1956; died June 3, 2005.
William Gray Hollister
Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus. M.P.H., 1947 (The Johns Hopkins University); M.D., 1941 (University of Nebraska); B.S., 1940 (University of Nebraska); A.B., 1937 (University of Nebraska). Appointed 1965; died October 12, 2005.
Roy Lee Ingram
Professor of Geology Emeritus. Ph.D., 1948 (University of Wisconsin-Madison); M.S. Geo. & Phys., 1943 (University of Oklahoma); B.S., 1941 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Appointed 1947; died October 2005.
William Carl Koller
Clinical Professor of Neurology; M.D., 1976 (Northwestern University); Ph.D., 1974 (Northwestern University); M.S., 1971 (Northwestern University); B.S., 1968 (Marquette University). Appointed September 30, 2004; died October 3, 2005.
Rudolph J. Kremer
Professor of Music Emeritus; Ph.D., 1963 (Washington University); M.M., 1957 (Washington University); B.M., 1952 (Curtis Institute of Music). Appointed September 1, 1964, died August, 2005.
Harold Q. Langenderfer
Peat, Marwick Main Professor of Professional Accounting Emeritus, Kenan-Flagler Business School; D.B.A., 1954 (Indiana University); M.B.A., 1950 (Northwestern University); B.S., 1949 (Miami University). Appointed 1953, died January 6, 2006.
Sandy Cole Marks
Associate Professor of Pedodontics Emeritus; M.S., 1963 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); D.D.S., 1933 (Atlanta Southern Dental College). Appointed 1965, died November 8, 2005.
C. Haynes McMullen
Professor of Library Science Emeritus; Ph.D., 1945 (University of Chicago); M.S.L.S., 1940 (University of Illinois); B.S., 1936 (University of Illinois); A.B., 1935 (Centre College of Kentucky). Appointed July 1972, died August 30, 2005.
Robert Moats Miller
Professor of History Emeritus; Ph.D., 1955 (Northwestern University); M.A., 1949 (Northwestern University); B.A., 1947 (Grinnell College). Appointed 1969, died September 19, 2005.
Roger Ervin Miller
Professor of Chemistry Emeritus; Ph.D., 1980 (University of Waterloo); M.S., 1977 (University of Waterloo); B.S., 1975 (University of Waterloo). Appointed 1985, died November 6, 2005.
Walter Wagner Rabb
Associate Director of Athletics and Head Baseball Coach Emeritus; A.M., 1941 (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); B.S., 1937 (North Carolina State University); Appointed 1946, died April 4, 2006.
Ida Howell McAliley Reed
Music Librarian Emerita; M.L.S., 1968 (University of Pittsburgh); M.A., 1966 (University of Pittsburgh); B.A., 1964 (Florida Presbyterian College). Appointed August 1, 1984, died October 9, 2005.
Joseph Ward Straley
Professor of Physics Emeritus; Ph.D., 1941 (The Ohio State University); M.S., 1937 (The Ohio State University); B.S. Educ., 1972 (Bowling Green State University). Appointed 1944; died September 22, 2005.
Henry Maxwell Steele
Professor of English Emeritus; B.A., 1946 (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Litt.D., 1970 (Belmont Abbey College). Appointed 1968; died August, 2005.
William Ringgold Straughn, Jr.
Professor of Bacteriology and Immunology Emeritus; Ph.D., 1958 (University of Pennsylvania); M.S., 1940 (Cornell University); B.S., 1935 (Mansfield State University); Appointed 1944, died December 8, 2005.
John F. Yesulaitis
Director, UNC Bands Emeritus; M.M., 1964 (Catholic University of America); B.S., 1954 (University of Maryland). Appointed 1964, died December 7, 2005.
Resolution 2006-8. On a University Steering committee for Worker Health, Safety, and Wellness
The Faculty Council resolves:
The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost is requested to appoint and fund a University Steering Committee for Worker Health, Safety, and Wellness as proposed by the 2006 Annual Report of the Committee on Faculty Welfare.
Resolution 2006-5. Technical Amendments to Resolution 2006-4
Resolution 2006-4 is revised to read as follows:
The regulation on Changes in Fall and Spring Semester Schedules (2005-06 Undergraduate Bulletin, pp. 301-302) and the regulation on Pass/D+/D/Fail Option (2005-06 Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 308), are amended by striking out the words "sixth week" wherever they appear and inserting in lieu thereof the words "eighth week".
For courses offered on a calendar different from the fall or spring semesters, the deadline for dropping a course occurs when approximately one half of the course (50 percent) is completed. The appropriate administrative unit should publish the drop deadline date for such courses and instructors should include it in their course syllabus.
This amendment is effective beginning with the Fall Semester, 2006
Appendix D
Resolution 2006-6. On Fixed-Term Faculty Members
Whereas fixed-term faculty contribute in significant and diverse ways to the accomplishment of the University's mission; and
Whereas fixed-term faculty deserve to be treated equitably, integrated into the life of the university as fully as possible, and accorded the full measure of collegial respect; and
Whereas the Faculty Council adopted Resolution 2003-7 requesting specific action to address the circumstances of fixed-term faculty; and
Whereas the Faculty Council adopted Resolution 2005-9 to create a Fixed-Term Faculty Committee composed of its own members; and
Whereas that committee has met and studied related matters during the 2005-06 academic year; and
Whereas the Fixed-Term Faculty Committee has concluded that further action is needed to pursue issues affecting fixed-term faculty members and the University as a whole, now therefore
The Faculty Council requests the Provost to:
Remind deans and department chairs of the terms of Faculty Council Resolution 2003-7 relating to fixed-term faculty;
Review the extent to which recommendations embodied in Resolution 2003-7 have been implemented in departments and schools throughout the campus, and report related information to the Fixed Term Faculty Committee and the Faculty Council as a whole;
Develop a "tickler" system to track more closely relevant aspects of fixed-term faculty personnel actions, including the inclusion of language relating to funding contingencies in fixed-term appointment letters and use of longer-term contracts after no more than three one-year contracts if feasible, as requested under Resolution 2003-7; and
Assist the Fixed-Term Faculty Committee and the Faculty Council to track patterns of appointment, retention, and conditions of employment for fixed-term faculty.
The Faculty Council requests the Provost and the Fixed Term Faculty Committee to continue work on the following important matters and invites a further report during Fall Semester 2006:
Development of a policy statement summarizing institutional expectations regarding the treatment of fixed-term faculty as colleagues and partners in the life of the institution;
Dissemination of relevant information to fixed-term faculty members regarding rights and professional opportunities, including information on the right to request notice regarding anticipated action at the end of a term appointment as provided in Section 2.b.5 of the Trustees' Policies and Regulations on Academic Tenure, and eligibility for professional support and awards;
Review of the Provost's EPA Personnel Guidelines and other documents to assure that they include pertinent information regarding policies and practices applicable to fixed-term faculty including those pertaining to appointments and personnel reviews;
Development and dissemination of information on "best practices" relating to use of fixed-term appointments, support and integration of fixed-term faculty into the life of their departments, schools, and the University as a whole.
The Faculty Council determines that the Fixed Term Faculty Committee shall continue to operate as a standing committee of the Faculty Council, and requests that it report at least annually regarding issues affected fixed-term faculty as anticipated in Resolution 2005-9.
Appendix E
Resolution 2006-7 On Appreciation for the Service of Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert Shelton
Whereas, Robert Shelton joined the University of North Carolina faculty in February 2001; and
Whereas, Robert served as Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost for more than five exciting and challenging years; and
Whereas, Robert has consistently set high standards of excellence in all that he has undertaken; and
Whereas, Robert is highly regarded for his leadership abilities; and
Whereas, Robert will be long remembered for his many accomplishments, including development of the Academic Plan, management of difficult budget decisions, enhancement of faculty recruitment and retention efforts, equitable treatment of all people, improvement of parental leave policies, support for innovative cross-disciplinary programs, enhanced scientific infrastructure, library support, and much more; and
Whereas, Robert consistently made himself available to faculty members for discussion and deliberation on matters large and small and showed a stalwart commitment to principles of shared governance and academic freedom; and Whereas, Robert is widely respected for his honesty and integrity; and
Whereas, Robert will be greatly missed; and
Whereas, the Faculty Council wishes to memorialize Robert's exceptional service in the official records of our institution; now therefore
The Faculty Council, on behalf of all our colleagues,
Expresses its deep respect and appreciation for Robert Shelton's many accomplishments and superb service to our institution and to higher education; and
Conveys to Robert Shelton our best wishes for his future success as President of the University of Arizona.
Resolution 2006-9. On Appreciation for the Service of Judith Welch Wegner as Chair of the Faculty 2003-2006
This resolution in honor of Judith Wegner is a chorus of the many voices of the Executive Committee members who have worked with her.
During her three years as Chair of the Faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Judith Wegner's distinguished leadership has made a tangible difference in the life of our community, and she has skillfully represented the University throughout the State of North Carolina.
Judith understands the mission of a public university and has shown extraordinary commitment in promoting the best possible research, teaching, and service at Carolina. She has broad interests that extend to all facets of the life of the mind, and she seeks to assure that, as students and teachers, we achieve our highest aspirations through our shared learning experiences.
Judith's forte is communication and engagement. There has been little concerning faculty, staff and students in which she has not been interested. She has promoted engagement with the administration, student body, legislature, the Boards of Visitors, Trustees and Governors, the Faculty Senate at North Carolina State University, and the Town of Chapel Hill. She has been tireless and thoughtful in her effort to be inclusive of all people and points of view. She has an extraordinary memory for the members of our community. She can make critical connections among them to serve the better purpose. She has her fingers on the University's pulse, and she hears, interprets, and reconciles different opinions, resulting in creative ideas and novel proposals. She is relentless in the pursuit of information and research to develop a knowledge base to strengthen her ideas and proposals, and she advocates forcefully and courageously for their potentially positive outcomes.
Judith is nurturing, whether in providing snacks for the members of the Faculty Executive Committee, food for thought, or sustenance for the faculty, staff and students — such as her efforts in the areas of recruitment and retention, benefits, salary, curricular reform and enrichment, and advocacy for graduate students in the mission of the University.
Judith has played a central and important role in so many other areas affecting all our lives: campus-based tuition policies, establishment of the University Ombuds Office, improvements in the state health plan, our discourse on academic freedom, enrollment growth and funding, the survey and analysis of faculty retention, the parking plan, reallocation of logo receipts for merit scholarships, the Ford Foundation grant to explore the issue of Difficult Dialogues, revision of the Student Code of Judicial Governance — the list is enormous. Many of these issues were contentious and controversial, but Judith never flinched, always serving as a mediator and the voice of reason.
with deepest of respect and gratitude for all that she has done;
with awe that we can claim her as a colleague and friend;
in order to recognize and celebrate her leadership;
and to thank her for her incredible service to the University;
We, the Faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on this 21st day of April, 2006, present to Judith Welch Wegner this Resolution of Appreciation.
A [Proposed] Resolution Calling on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to Withdraw from Negotiations over the Program in Honors Foundations in Western Cultures and to Abide by Rules for Faculty Input into Donations that Affect the Curriculum
The University exists to foster research, free inquiry, and public service;
Integrity begins with appropriate policies, operations, and curriculum;
It is a basic tenet of academic freedom that instructional faculty are best suited to set the curricular agenda and maintain educational excellence1;
The Task Force on Donations Affecting the Curriculum concluded in its Final Report, submitted to the Provost and accepted by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Council (ECFC): 2
The purpose of these guidelines is to promote early consultation with faculty about potential donations that have a material effect on the curriculum;
The University recognizes the need to involve faculty early in the process when potential donations affect the curriculum, and to provide faculty with as much information as possible throughout the process;
The head of an affected unit shall consult with the administrative board of the unit, other appropriate committees within the unit, and individual faculty members, as deemed appropriate by the unit head, in order to ensure that the proposed donation is consistent with the needs and priorities of the unit. The unit head should bear in mind that one purpose of these consultations is to ensure that faculty are informed of the potential donation;
And whereas,
The College of Arts and Sciences has developed a detailed proposal for an undergraduate Honors Program in Western Cultures aimed at the Pope Foundation;
The University administration has repeatedly misled faculty members and violated explicit promises that this proposal would be publicly reviewed and that instructional faculty would be consulted at all stages;
Appropriate and directly concerned faculty on the Honors Advisory Board, in the Honors Program, and in the Department of Classics were neither informed about nor given an opportunity to participate in discussions about the content and relevance of said Program;3
Numerous colleagues, including many in the Departments of English and Classics, and on the Honors Advisory Board, have formally expressed dismay at the proposed Program;
In 2005 the Honors Advisory Board rejected a similar Honors Foundation in Great Books sequence described in the University's original proposal (dated February 3, 2005);
In 2005 over 100 faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and across the University publicly condemned the University's secretive negotiations over a similar program; 4
The University has publicly reiterated its commitment to furthering undergraduate education in international and global studies and to an inclusive educational mission;5
Instructional faculty participating in the recent evaluation and revision of the undergraduate curriculum did not identify a need for additional courses or programs in western culture; and
The proposed program, by requiring disproportionate attention to "the West," is intended to have a lasting influence on the direction of the curriculum which would reflect negatively on the quality, reputation, and image of the University;
Therefore be it resolved that the General Faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
Calls upon the Chancellor and the Administration of the College of Arts and Sciences to withdraw formally from negotiations over the proposal;
Reiterates the faculty's role as the primary arbiter of intellectual and curricular matters;
Restates the faculty's long-running commitment to academic freedom;
Expresses grave concern at recent attempts to circumvent that role;
Calls upon the Chancellor and Administration of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to implement policies and practices that faithfully preserve curricular integrity and transparency; and
Calls upon the Chancellor and Administration of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to act in accordance with the spirit and letter of the rules established by the Task Force on Donations Affecting the Curriculum.
The Thomas Jefferson Award is given annually "to that member of the faculty who most closely approximates in his teaching and personal life the philosophy and conduct of Thomas Jefferson." Among his many distinctions, Jefferson is particularly remembered for his dedication to the inalienable human rights and essential equality of all people, and for his vision of the growing American nation as a "valley of democracy," in which all its citizens would experience the economic as well as political freedom necessary for the pursuit of their happiness.
The recipient of the Jefferson Award for 2006 has dedicated himself to these ideals with uncommon commitment for over four decades, devoting his career to expanding affordable housing for all Americans, and financial services and asset-building opportunities for poor and moderate-income families.
As a social worker in Brooklyn, New York, Michael Stegman realized that poor housing and community conditions played an important role in undermining the attempts that his clients were making to lift themselves from poverty. This led him to graduate study in City and Regional Planning, and on receiving his doctorate in 1966, he joined Carolina's Department of City and Regional Planning where he conducted pioneering research on affordable housing. For a decade he also chaired that department, which has been ranked consistently among the top five in the country. Since 1997 he has served as the Duncan MacRae '09 and Rebecca Kyle MacRae Professor of Public Policy, and as founding chair of UNC's Department of Public Policy.
Professor Stegman's research has led repeatedly to new public policy initiatives to benefit low- and moderate-income households. In his 1991 book More Housing More Fairly, for instance, he demonstrated that the housing needs of the poor and near-poor could be met by redirecting some of the billions spent on homeowners' tax breaks instead of increasing the federal budget deficit by new spending. In another study, he challenged proposals to reduce the availability of public rental housing, showing that most tenants could not afford other forms of shelter.
In 1997 he founded the Center for Community Capitalism in UNC's Frank Hawkins Kenan Institute for Private Enterprise, to develop initiatives for increasing economic wealth and opportunities in inner-city communities. His research studies there have produced a steady series of influential reports aimed at improving the lives of the working poor in North Carolina and nationally, documenting and proposing solutions to such problems as housing costs of the working poor, lack of access to banking services and thus to other financial services such as auto and mortgage loans and retirement savings, and predatory and abusive lending practices.
In his 1999 book Savings and the Poor, for instance, he documented the fact that an estimated 13 percent of American families do not even have bank accounts, including one-third of all minority households, one out of four renters, and one out of six people under the age of 35. The study showed how the federal government could use direct deposit of federal benefits to create Individual Development Accounts (IDAs), special savings accounts that could help working poor families to build wealth and a better future, a proposal endorsed both by Senator Joseph Lieberman and by presidential candidate George W. Bush.
During the 1970s and again in the 1990s Professor Stegman served as a senior policymaker in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. As Assistant Secretary and Acting Chief of Staff he chaired the White House Working Group on President Clinton's National Urban Policy Report, which emphasized moving families on welfare toward self-sufficiency, leveraging private investment for impoverished neighborhoods, promoting community development at the local level, and emphasizing work and financial responsibility. He headed the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in Istanbul in 1996, "Habitat II," where he negotiated the United States' agreement to the conference's declaration of housing as a human right. He also created HUD's Office of University Partnerships to support university collaborations with community and business groups in economically depressed urban neighborhoods; and he helped shape President Clinton's proposal to eliminate federal capital gains tax on home sales of less than $500,000.
Professor Stegman is a Fellow of the Urban Land Institute, and in 1995 he was awarded the Richard T. Ely Distinguished Educator Award of Lambda Phi Alpha, the Honorary Society for the Advancement of Land Economics. In 1997 the National Journal named him one of Washington's 100 most influential decision makers. Last year Professor Stegman's contributions to humanity were further recognized in his appointment as Director of Policy for the Program on Human and Community Development of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. In that capacity he serves as the Foundation's lead observer of domestic policy issues in the areas of affordable housing, community change, mental health, juvenile justice, education, and urban and regional policy.
Like Thomas Jefferson, Professor Stegman has devoted his life both to the pursuit of knowledge and to the use of that knowledge in public service to improve the lives of our country's citizens, particularly its less fortunate ones. We are therefore very pleased to recognize him as this year's recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award.
1 American Association of University Professors, "Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities."
http://www.aaup.oga/statements/Redbook/Govern.htm
2 http://www.unc.edu/provost
3 The proposed program would be housed in Honors and the first course of the proposed sequence contains exclusively Greco-Roman material.
4 The letter, with a list of the first 71 signatories (33 more have since signed on) may be found at
http://www.dailytarheel.com;media/storage/paper885/news/2005/03/01/OpionslettersToTheEditor/Open- Letter.From.71.Faculty.To.University.Administrators-1363732.shtml?norewrite200604l71552&sourcedomain=www.dailytarheel.com
or via a link at http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
5 Moeser, James, "State of the University, 2005" (http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/stateofuniversity091505.htm); Faculty Council resolution 98-6 http://www.unc.edu/diversity/facultystment.html
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Special Containment Procedures: SCP-2986 is kept on floor 9 of Site-88. Any person wishing to use SCP-2986 must have approval from personnel with at least a level 2 Security Clearance. Any objects recovered within SCP-2986 are to be housed in a secure locker adjacent to the chamber.
Description: SCP-2986 is a cardboard box that was originally utilized in the delivery of a Whirlpool refrigeration unit (addressed to Jupiter, Florida). When SCP-2986 is entered and sealed, the object will take on the appearance of the interior of a space-faring vessel. Technology within the vessel is beyond that of current human development, but appears to be designed for the use of humanoid individuals.
The vessel can be exited through manual operation of a decompression chamber located in the ship's rear. While outside of the vessel one is subject to vacuum. There are no stars visible from the vessel's vantage point to indicate its location. Writing on the side of the spaceship reads "voyajer". The vessel is capable of moving at speeds faster than light and appears to have an unlimited fuel supply. Despite this fact and years of testing, no other object, lifeforms, star, or planetary body, has been found within SCP-2986.
Three corpses were discovered inside the object upon recovery. The ship's crew were listed as "Pirate Jimmy Billings", deceased at 55, "Sara Ackerman", deceased at 55, "Capten (sic) Billy Abraham", deceased at 56, and "Mary Jones", missing. Written records by these individuals indicate that the vessel encountered various lifeforms during the first twelve days of use by these individuals, then sparingly for 7 years afterwards. There is no record of an encounter for the remaining 43 years.
The cause of death for Sara Ackerman and Jimmy Billings appears to be a single gunshot wound to the head at close range. Billy Abraham appears to have committed suicide soon afterwards. No signs of a struggle are evident on any of the three bodies.
The vessel's operating system utilizes a variant combination of Spanish and Chinese. Several written and recorded logs in English have been recovered from the computer system that originate from vessel's deceased occupants. No audio logs belonging to Mary Jones are recoverable from the computer records. The following is the most recent log which references the individual.
Pirate Jimmy Billings's log: Day 4958
If we turn around maybe we can find the Gorblaks again. Or the Pufferkins. I barely remember them, but I know they existed. Billy says it was all a dream. That it's still a dream. That we'll wake up one day. He says we just have to keep going.
Mary agrees with me. She says she's going to go talk to Billy tomorrow.
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Missing person reports from Jupiter, Florida indicate that Billy Abraham disappeared in 1965. School records, however, indicate that the remaining individuals continued attendance until 1977.
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Roberta Brandes Gratz is an award-winning journalist and urban critic, lecturer and author. Her newest book is The Battle For Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. Earlier works were the now classic The Living City: Thinking Small in a Big Way, and Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown.
She is an international lecturer on urban development issues and former award-winning reporter for the New York Post. Ms. Gratz was appointed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2003 and in 2010 resigned from the commission and was then appointed by the mayor to serve on the Sustainability Advisory Board for PlaNYC.
In 2005, in collaboration with Jane Jacobs, Ms. Gratz and a small group of accomplished urbanists founded The Center For the Living City. On November 5, The Historic Districts Council of NY (citywide) will honor her at the Four Seasons restaurant as their 2012 Landmark Lion.
After Hurricane Katrina, Roberta bought a shotgun in the Bywater so she could get the story on the city's rebuilding. She lives there half the year.
Q: Thanks for taking time out from your new book to talk about your experience in New Orleans. What would your hero Jane Jacobs appreciate about New Orleans as an urban environment? What changes have we made to our urban fabric that would she have deplored?
A: She'd love the degree to which local people are involved in their own neighborhoods both working to rebuild them in positive ways and opposing inappropriate or disruptive changes when necessary. She'd also love the survival of corner stores and neighborhood shopping streets filled with pedestrian activity throughout the city, something all American cities used to have but lost.
She'd deplore the refusal to reopen the patient-ready Charity hospital after Katrina and its oversize, suburban-style replacement at a location guaranteed to undermine the downtown and causing the unnecessary destruction of a solid working class neighborhood. She would also deplore the gratuitous tear down of all the public housing undamaged by hurricanes when so much of it could have been creatively reworked to be safe, economically integrated and appealing. She would recognize a contradiction in a city over-dependant on tourism yet not genuinely committed to protecting its architectural and cultural legacy.
Q: Can you tell our readers the tale of how New Orleans defeated her arch-rival Robert Moses' plan to build an interstate along the river on the edge of the French Quarter? Who were the heroes in that uniquely successful struggle?
A: Local lawyer Bill Borah with the full backing of the Stern Foundation led that fight with a number of others willing to face down the biggest powers that be from New Orleans to Washington to make the right thing happen. New Orleans would have been destroyed by that highway, as so many American cities have been by similar projects.
Q: Of course the downside to that preservationist victory was that the interstate was moved instead to the heart of Treme and a 2 mile double alley of glorious live oaks were cut down to build the elevated expressway. Treme as an African American business district along North Claiborne died a not-so-slow death. I've been a big proponent since Katrina of tearing it down (as they did in the Embarcadero after the San Francisco earthquake). What are the pros and cons of that teardown? And what do you think the likelihood of its being torn down?
A: That is a myth. Moses original drawings show two roadways, not unusual for him. That idea, I suspect, has been perpetrated to purposely foster divisiveness.
The taking down of the I-10 is as good an idea as it has been in the other cities where similar highways have come down. However, I don't yet sense a real concern for the displacement of people that would result nor a sense that a replacement roadway would provide appropriate space for the significant cultural uses that now occur under the I-10. Until those local activities are provided for in a new design and until there is protection in place for the affected residents and businesses, full local support for this idea will not be forthcoming. It risks looking too much like a land grab.
Q: "A crisis is a terrible thing to waste," said University of Chicago arch-conservative Milton Friedman. HBO's Treme seems geared up this year to explore the way developers made the most of things, not always in an above-board manner. Can you share some of that story, the way developers exploited our crisis? Are there telling examples of how sometimes they were stopped?
A: I'm really looking forward to Treme's treatment of this issue.
The hospital and public housing examples are the most visible but all over the city structures have come down that shouldn't have. Many have not only because of local watchdogs, particularly starting with Karen Gadbois and her blog Squandered Heritage that alerted the public to outrageous activities. That blog eventually led Karen and Arielle Cohen to establish The Lens, which has evolved into a fabulous investigative journalism outlet.
Clearly the northern section of the Lower Ninth Ward would have been toast without vehement local resistance.
Sadly, Treme is a current target of subtle and not-so-subtle developer exploitation with the feds aiding and abetting the process with the redevelopment strategy for the Iberville Houses. Iberville is a perfect example of the kind of quality that cannot be reproduced but could be upgraded, restored and added onto in order to create a dense, economically-integrated community.
Q: Surely one of our biggest blunders post-Katrina is our handling of the medical corridor: the decision not to fix Charity Hospital (for $500mm) and instead to tear down 17 acres (?) of mid-city to build a new medical complex (for $1.4 billion). Is the LSU-VA/Charity hospital struggle comparable to the Robert Moses interstate fight? Care to weigh in on those decisions? Is there hope it won't be as bad as some fear?
A: This is a classic Robert Moses-era scandal, reminiscent of the Urban Renewal-style that was supposed to be behind us, as I wrote in detail in The Nation. This is especially tragic because of the quicker, cheaper alternative to modernize and upgrade the existing Charity that unnecessarily still stands empty. What a shot in the arm for all of downtown that would have been economically, to say nothing of the importance of the continued enviable hospital and teaching facility that is now history.
It will be worse than is feared, as the lack of construction funds continues and the draconian cuts to the state's entire Charity Hospital and health care system. It is dire, to be sure. The disrupted lives of a neighborhood can't be calculated.
Q: Can you tell us a bit about your forthcoming book? What went wrong in our return from Katrina and what went right? Who are some of your heroes in our rebirth?
A: Ah, you'll have to wait for the book for my view of what went wrong and right, aside from some of what I said above. That will be the essence of the story. I'm still very much in the information gathering and observation stage to give you conclusions.
Q: When can we anticipate your book?
A: I have been busy interviewing what will add up to hundreds of people. I have never ceased to be the newspaper reporter/investigative journalist that I started out as several decades ago which means my work is ongoing. Plan on 2015.
Q: Tell us about your life in New Orleans? What have you come to like most about New Orleans? How's the Bywater as urban environment?
A: I love the warmth and friendliness of the people most of all. Urbanistically, New Orleans is unique and I am very much an urban person. The scale, diversity, culturally vibrancy and all the other obvious things are very appealing.
The Bywater is a particularly friendly neighborhood. It has become increasingly popular with lots of local stores and restaurants opening. I love being a 15 minute bike ride from downtown. Sadly, I don't think the city's and transit authority's next streetcar priority is St. Claude. This is so shortsighted. The city is more focused on tourists than on the resident and business taxpaying population that really keeps the city going. That mass transit access is the neighborhood's real deficiency.
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Home Fly Fishing Conservation Breaking News: Trout Unlimited is Suing the EPA Over Bristol Bay Protections
By @Flyoutmedia
Breaking News: Trout Unlimited is Suing the EPA Over Bristol Bay Protections
Will Poston
Yesterday, news broke that the Bristol Bay Defense Alliance filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. The Alliance alleges EPA broke the law, when the Agency withdrew its Proposed Determination this past summer. This Proposed Determination refers to a July 2014 decision, where the EPA found that Bristol Bay "is an area of unparalleled ecological value, boasting salmon diversity and productivity unrivaled anywhere in North America." Then, on August 30, 2019, the EPA announced that they would be withdrawing that Proposed Determination.
Well, the Bristol Bay Defense Alliance–which is made up of Bristol Bay tribal, commercial fishing, and economic organizations–is suing EPA on the grounds that this decision was arbitrary and capricious, arguing it had no rational basis, was an abuse of discretion, and was unlawful.
In a different lawsuit, today, Trout Unlimited (TU) separately challenges EPA's decision to withdraw the 2014 Proposed Determination in the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. TU in its court filing argues: "EPA has wholly failed to explain why it cannot keep the Proposed Determination in place as the record develops, why science and data is not necessary here, and how the record evidence can possibly support a withdrawal of the Proposed Determination." TU (represented pro bono by Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP) goes on to allege EPA violated both the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA) in its Withdrawal Decision.
First, TU alleges EPA violated the APA by providing faulty, arbitrary and capricious, and misguided justifications for the withdrawal. The APA governs how federal agencies develop and implement regulations. TU alleges EPA did not adequately explain its decision to withdraw the Proposed Determination given the ample scientific evidence that Pebble Mine would "pose unacceptable adverse effects" and, thus, "rendering the decision arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and/or not in accordance with law."
Second, TU alleges EPA violated the CWA by not acknowledging or considering "that the agency [EPA] had previously found–as recent as July 1, 2019–the Pebble Mine project may have substantial and unacceptable adverse impacts on fisheries resources in the project area watersheds." Section 404(b) of the CWA prohibits the permitting of any discharge of dredged or fill material if the discharge will cause or contribute to significant degradation of the environment and/or violate water quality standards. EPA had previously made this finding in the Proposed Determination. The Withdrawal Decision is, therefore, arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and/or not in accordance with law.
TU is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against EPA. TU is requesting the Court "enter an order vacating the Withdrawal Decision and directing EPA to either leave the Proposed Determination in place or provide adequate explanation for withdrawal of the Proposed Determination" and " issue injunctive relief [a stop order] as appropriate to protect Bristol Bay against threats posed by mining and associated activities, causing irreparable harm."
This is a significant development in the battle over Bristol Bay, and one that TU does not initiate half-heartedly. TU said, "[they] don't pursue litigation loosely or often. But this is the one place where we will use every tool at our disposal–relentlessly–to protect and stop this mine."
TU CEO, Chris Wood, had this to say: "sacrificing a place such as Bristol Bay for some gold is a short-sighted fools-errand. We are not a litigious organization, but we and millions of other sportsmen and women will not allow greed to compromise the most important salmon fishery on the planet." I couldn't agree more and hope you do too.
The fight for protecting Bristol Bay needs any and all support we, as fishermen, can offer. Donations to protect Bristol Bay can be made here and will be matched by TU! Also, you can take direct action to protect Bristol Bay; follow this link to find out how.
This article was written by Flylords' Conservation Editor, Will Poston.
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On the heels of a smart move, Bud Light makes yet another dumb one
Maybe our enthusiasm for what we thought was Bud Light's new advertising direction was premature.
In writing our last article, we considered ending the piece with a cautionary hope that what appeared to be the brand's new focus on product distinctiveness in its messaging wasn't a half-hearted attempt that would be quickly set aside, or relegated to some small portion of the brand's overall advertising effort. Our worry was based on the new brand guy's comment about "getting back to humor" in advertising then being readied for the football season.
So, here's the first of the funny stuff to appear. See if you notice anything missing... beyond anything remotely funny.
What happened to "four simple ingredients?" That was the product-distinctiveness message launched just a few weeks back. In its place we get yet another attempt by a beer brand just to be funny. Clever humor could have been employed to drive home the ingredients message, but instead here humor is an end in itself. Or rather, the attempt at humor, since this ad isn't even mildly amusing.
What appears to have occurred is the new Bud Light marketing guy falling into the trap of considering product distinctiveness to be just one message from the brand. It's not really a strategic message, meaning it's not really at the core of what Bud Light wants people to know and believe about the brand as they're about to make their beer-buying decision at the store.
Ever had a car salesman at a dealership try entertaining you with one joke after another as you were trying to decide which car to buy based on how it might be different and better than others? If so, did you buy that guy's car?
So the short story here is this: Bud Light's humorous advertising isn't funny... and it isn't advertising.
Too bad.
A headline we thought we'd never pen: Bud Light goes with product distinctiveness!
How long have we been waiting for America's largest beer brand to tell us something--anything--about how it's different? What makes Bud Light better? Questions without answers for years and years as the brand indulged itself in entertainment-based nonsense in place of advertising actually designed to sell beer.
Bud Light's new marketing boss ends all the nonsense beginning today with ads that tout the 4-ingredient simplicity of Bud Light's brewing recipe. It's not just advertising about quality, it's advertising about distinctiveness. We are nearly speechless.
And lest there be any worry this strategic platform lacks a competitive edge, Bud Light slams craft beer trendiness by contrasting the essential simplicity of its recipe with the increasingly bizarre ingredient fascination on the part of the crafties. Choose simple over complex. It's the sort of premise even bearded beer geeks have to acknowledge as reasonable, and if they're honest, quite possibly, appealing.
With this strategic move may also have an ace up its sleeve. It's becoming increasingly likely that beer brands will soon be required--either by legislation or industry agreement--to disclose all their ingredients on the front of the labels. Craft brewers oppose this move. Wonder why?
Well done, Bud Light. This is what real competition is all about. Show how you're different. Sell how you're different.
And win.
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Over his advertising career, Dan was personally involved in the analysis, planning and creation of thousands of ads for a variety of products and services. By way of this blog, he freely shares his expertise about what works, and what doesn't, when it comes to selling beer.
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Tour merch as a new fashion category, kickstarted by Justin Bieber and Kanye West, shows little sign of slowing down. In fact based on the huge monetary success of those concert/merch lines, the category just keeps growing, with both established artists and up-and-coming artists, spending just as much time on their merch, as their music.
The latest merch collection to grab our attention, is Lady Gaga for Urban Outfitters. The singer has worked with the global retailer to produce an affordable tour line ahead of her Lady Gaga 2017 Joanne World Tour. The Gaga*UO*Joanne collection features both apparel and accessories. The 6-piece men's and women's assortment will launch on May 22nd in selected stores including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Manchester and Munich in addition to UO's European sites.
The collection was produced in partnership with Bravado, UMG's leading merchandise and brand management company, and prices range from £25 – £55. The items are simple branded basics, feeding the current consumer obsession with comfortable loungewear with a luxe feel (expect to see tees, baseball caps and hooded sweatshirts with Gaga's face on).
To celebrate the launch of the collection in stores, Urban Outfitters plans to host events at UO Herald Square in New York and UO Melrose in Los Angeles on May 19th from 5 – 7 PM. The events are open to the public and attendees will be in with the chance to win signed merch by Lady Gaga, as well as tickets to Lady Gaga's upcoming Joanne concert in LA or NY.


Here's the final recap of my Los Angeles trip. If you missed the first two, you can find them here and here. I had to cover things a little out of order because Sarah (Chalkboard Nails) and I got to spend time with Katie Cazorla on two separate occasions while we were in town. If you're not familiar with Katie, she's a celebrity nail tech, salon owner, entrepreneur, actress, comic, reality TV star, and one of my fave people on the planet. Her new The Painted Nail Salon opened up last Fall in Hollywood at the gorgeous W Hotel. Katie was so generous and had Sarah and me to the salon for mani/pedis (even though it was Oscar night)!
The salon is smaller than I expected, but gorgeous with really high ceilings, expensive furnishings, and a complete wall of windows. It's light and fun and has an elegant, exclusive vibe to it. They have the largest Essie installation in the country. It's amazing! It goes from floor to ceiling and holds 750+ bottles of polish. The best part? The service prices were totally in line with what I would pay at a comparable salon in the Midwest (a mani/pedi combo is $75).
The manicures are done at a long bar. I've never seen a setup like it. It was very comfortable and is truly a genius idea for saving space. The TV streams The Painted Nail social media mentions in real time, so tag your photos and they'll see you!
Don't even get me started on the pedicure chairs by famed interior designer Michele Pelafas. They're works of art! I love that they're sinks and not piped spas (which are difficult to keep sanitized). Everything you can imagine (heated massage chairs, bowls, stands, fabrics, etc.) is completely customizable and available through Katie's nail supply store, Everything Nailz (which I'll talk about later in the post). I need one of these chairs for The Mani Cave, am I right? WPP is a toe-free blog so you can see I'm trying to hide my feet in the pic below. LOL. It was cold and raining hard in LA that day so we had to sweater-up.
Next up...mani time. Could I just pause to say again how crazy this trip was? Here I am, in THE The Painted Nail, casually getting a manicure next to Chalkboard Nails. Mind blown.
I chose Essie Forever Yummy for my mani. Mary Ann was my tech and did a fab job. Plus she was so fun. We discovered that we'd actually met in Las Vegas at Cosmoprof North America last July during the Margaritas & Manicures event. Small world! If you're curious, I got Essie Aruba Blue on my toes.
Then Katie came to see us. Did you guys watch her reality show when it was on the TV Guide channel? She has so much energy. She just barreled into the salon like Santa Claus! She was sooooo incredibly generous and gave Sarah and me a Steam Off Gel Removal System to try, along with Swatch Strips, Nail Gelli and a bunch of shades from her Color Flash one-step gel line (I featured these before here). I can't wait to try everything out and show you!
So that was Oscar night. Sarah and I went to Delphine's in the hotel for appetizers after our appointment. We had to walk through the lobby and they were having a viewing party. Very cool! Then we headed to Sugarfish, a sushi restaurant for dinner (um....awesome!) This was my first authentic sushi experience outside of Dayton, Ohio (not a sushi mecca by any stretch) and I'm a total convert. I've been thinking of that food since we left! We stopped for crepes in Beverly Hills (how very Hollywood of us, right?) and then went back to the hotel to catch the rest of the Oscars.
Jump ahead to the next afternoon after our OPI tour (which I covered in yesterday's post) and we met Katie at Everything Nailz, her new nail supply/salon in Studio City. Here's Katie showing us how excited she is about her new shop which opens March 1st! She's such a goofball but I love her for it!
The store is a fantastic idea. How many of you have been to traditional beauty supply stores? They're old and dingy and dusty and it's difficult to see the product. Katie's vision was to have a high-end retail store that in addition to carrying the products pros need, it would also offer classroom training and manis/pedis. They're putting the final touches on the store now. It's going to be gorgeous. Her main lines are Essie, Dashing Diva, ENP, and of course, The Painted Nail.
She'll also be a retailer for Michele Pelafas salon furnishings which I mentioned earlier. I'm so excited about these chairs because they aren't those ginormous gawdy thrones you see in the mall. They're actually more affordable than those things too...so if you're opening a salon, I would definitely look into it!
After our tour of the store, Katie took us to her office and demo'd the Steam Off Gel Removal System for us! How often do you get to see the product's namesake show you how it's done?! She belongs on QVC STAT! This is my first shot at video editing so bear with me. Katie does a great demonstration of the product. I can't wait to try it!
The fun didn't end there. Katie took us to dinner at a new barbecue restaurant called Barrel & Ashes across the street where we had our second celebrity sighting, Simon Rex, from Scary Movie. (I had to google him...LOL.) The food was amaze-balls (and I never say that word). Two words - Frito Pie...all I need to say.
Katie, thank you soooo much for your hospitality. You rock! Readers, if you're ever in LA, be sure to book mani/pedis at The Painted Nail. And check out Everything Nailz to purchase the Steam Off and lots of other great products (a license is not required to purchase most products). The website is live now and a few items are available for purchase online already. Follow The Painted Nail on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram too!


At Sherie's in San Diego for the night. Just getting up to get the day going. First a shower then the quest for coffee. It's that marine overcast sky out, I recognize it.
We are off to ten o'clock Mass at Mission San Diego Alcula (sp?), I think the original mission in SD. Then we are off to the wedding which is late afternoon. That's some nuts and bolts but we need some thoughts on those in a bit.
But the catch up on yesterday is that the Padres got a walk off homer last night and we watched that with all of Todd and Jess's family and friends in attendance. There was something like eighty of us all together. Quick Rick and Kelly were there to complete the situation.
The screening went fabulous with maybe thirty in the small venue. The panel discussion was amazing with Dr Arash Asher from Cedars Sinai Hospital. What a great addition to our group of pilgrims and artists. Here is the main idea that he brought to the table: connectivity equals well being. And that is what he was seeing in our film. He sited a study comparing data from 1980 to now in which people where asked if they felt isolated. In other words, do you have anyone to confide in? So, earlier it was one in ten that didn't and now it is one in four. So, with all our social media we seem further apart. But in terms of cancer rehab, connectivity is important and perhaps one of the major factors in my success.
Just got back from the mission who had a truly amazing service. I wept at communion and after communion there was a quirky occurrence where people applauded because it was so beautiful. It seemed perfectly appropriate but I'd never seen it before.
Well, we are driving to La Jolla in a few minutes. Todd and Jessica getting married after falling in love on the Camino when we walk d in 2014. Yea, connectivity in action.
See you tomorrow, love, San Diego Felipe.
Dry here and making me appreciate our rain back home.
Hi, wherever you are at the moment. I'm up to get ready for our third showing of Phil's Camino later at noon. Then we are driving down to San Diego to visit Sherie and go to the Padres baseball game. Yea, another full day. I guess yesterday was a full one too, never got the blog written.
Something really quite amazing happened yesterday at the Royal Theater. It was our second showing and was in a smaller venue at the Royal. The day before on our first day we pretty much filled the larger venue with maybe a hundred folks, maybe a few more. Anyway, this time as we got our eyes adjusted to the dark there was only one person there. One! Yea, right smack dab in the center seat was this one and only guy.
It was an Aaaarrrrgggghhhh moment but I got absorbed in the film as usual and forgot about it temporarily. So, the film got done and Annie and I came in close to our precious viewer to do the Q&A. But this one guy was totally on fire. Somehow surprisingly he filled the whole theater with his voice and personality. This seemed like a pilgrimage for him to be there to do this one thing, and nothing was going to get in his way.
He, and I don't have his name even, ran a hair salon and there played the movie, The Way, on a continuous loop for his clients. He said he probably watched it twelve hundred times. We had a copy of the Camino documentary for him to take with him to change things up. He had walked in Spain and was totally on fire about any and all things Camino. What a time we had fielding his questions. And somehow I have a feeling that we will see him again.
This was a real lesson for me and another case of one vibrant person having the ability to change a situation for the better. Hats off to you pilgrim, you taught us something important and brightened our day! Well, today hoping we will do better on attendance. Also, I am to meet Dr Asher who is our good friend Dr Zucker's Californian counterpart. We are scheduled to both be on a panel about cancer and exercise. OK, more fun, right?
So the trail goes on here in the Southland. I get my chance to do my own freeway driving today and looking forward to the Padres game tonight! OK, off we go, love you as always, Felipe.
LA, land of strange plants.
Wednesday noon time here in Burbank, CA. At Ivette's place in this lovely part of LA. Just had a tour of the Equestrian Center, very horsey. We are off to Griffith Park this afternoon. And then the LA premier of Phil's Camino tonight at 7:30! Yea, am I ready? Working on that at the moment.
What is it I most need to do? The priority is being with the audience, being present with the audience. What is it that they want/need? Need to thank them for coming, for probably battling to get there. Answer their questions honesty and with humor. Leave time and space for everyone on stage to participate in the process.
Janet, happy to be walking Phil's Camino.
It was foggy this AM when I awoke. To me it's a sign of late summer, of harvest time coming. These are luscious days here. But we fly out today to points south to be with the film, to go to a wedding.
The film is doing fantastically well. To me the lovely thing has a life of it's own as it does what it does to audiences hither and yon. This coming up is the premier LA showing. It is so amazing to think of all that has happened over the last two years. If I am not wrong we started walking in France two years ago tomorrow. And Todd and Jessica were there then, our newlyweds to be, documenting this great new adventure.
Before we leave the film I just want to say thank you once again to everyone involved. What an amazing effort it has been, what a journey in itself. So many people have contributed, supported, cheered, offered. Life is good, you are good.
I remember vividly talking about this two years ago as I walked with Laura in the dust of Spain. We had time, we had occasion and inclination to talk, to find out. It is still going on and I throughly appreciate that. What that is is the feeling and confidence that I am being gently handed from one great caring personality to another as time goes on. There are glitches but in general there are amazing people that love me and they "carry" me exactly when I need them. How does that work?
In some ways I am powerful and in some ways I am fragile. And that fragility is being handled by a number of people in my life that I am so grateful for. And perhaps the areas where I am powerful are helping someone else out. That is probably true. We have the ability to buoy each other up through thick and thin it looks like.
On the road with Phil's Camino.
A short movie monday because of preparations for this week! Thursday night our LA Premiere, and today is the last day to RSVP (of course I will fit anyone else in, but we really want a head count to give the theater so they can plan where to put us).
I am attaching the invitation in case you can put that up.
I believe that Wiley and Dom and Jordan and Dr. Zucker will be going, and may even do the Q&A afterwards! So cool! If only we could be in two places at once right!?!
OK, gotta run, we are going to do the final fixes on the film this morning! We tweaked the sound mix and score last week, and today it is fixing some very minor issues so that Thursday's screening will be the best ever!
Yea, Chocolate Pie For Tapas, Why Not?
Beautiful morning here on Vashon Island. We locals have a greeting where we say, "Another day in paradise!" Yea, high summer here and things sort of don't get any better.
I still feel like a day behind on my blog since I missed publishing on Saturday. I miss a Saturday now and then. But we had a nice walk yesterday, Sunday, and then tapas. Commando Bill and his lovely wife Janeen have been all inspired about cooking lately and we have been benefiting from that around the tapas table. They brought a shrimp dish and a chocolate pie. The chocolate pie was a little rowdy for tapas but we did our best to choke it down. Hehe.
Thanks Janeen, it was delicious! And the shrimp/pie combo reminded me of one of my memorable breakfasts along the Camino in Spain of sardines and chocolate. Never a dull moment.
We have a walk this AM. Travis, an old friend of ours is supposed to show up. Someone who we haven't seen for four or five years. We will walk and catch up.
Starting to think about packing for our big trip to Southern California coming up on Wednesday. We have people to see that are old friends and also folks associated with the film to see that we have never met. That's exciting! Then the wedding of super Caminoheads Todd and Jessica will be very cool. And three showings of Phil's Camino with three Q&A's, two panel discussions and a partridge in a pear tree. Yup, coming soon.
Blue and orange out in My Rebecca's garden.
Sorry that I didn't get a blog post out yesterday, too busy I guess. But had two great guests then and that took up my time. So yea, blame it on them. Well, I don't mean it like that but I did run out of time.
Then My Rebecca took me to a cultural event last night, a community theater production of Chicago. We are working on getting ideas for our own musical with the working title Cancer the Musical. So, it was research and development.
Oh, there is a nice breeze right now keeping the heat away. Just got a comment from Carol from Southern California that it is really really hot down there were we are going on Wednesday for the weekend. We'll probably wilt since we are so unused to that.
So yesterday Janet showed up on a trip up from LA. She saw a rough cut of the film with Annie and wanted to make the pilgrimage here. She walked last summer, the Camino Frances. She started out three months ago emailing and reading Caminoheads blog.
Then just yesterday, Amon, a friend of a friend showed up and we grabbed him to come walk. He had biked the Camino with friends back in 09 so he had good things to add to the conversation. They both had time to watch Phil's Camino also.
That's what it looked like yesterday. Then today we had the afternoon walk and tapas and four people showed up. That was fun. Then over to Quick Rick and Carolyn's for dinner. Kelly joined us. Did we really do all that?
Yup, I'm bushed. Will catch you tomorrow, love, Felipe.
It didn't sound like there was any lightning just rumbling. Sort of a violent lullaby, part of the old Wild Kingdom around here.
I'm off to the hospital today to get Pancho, my portable chemo pump back. Hoping to run into some interesting people there. Maybe pick up some more material for Cancer the Musical. My Rebecca is hot on this and we are starting to sketch out characters.
Strange times now with the political conventions going on. I'll be really glad when it is over and we can return to our normal selves. We will weather the storm just like we always do. I have a vivid memory of sitting in my Volkswagen bug in the dark listening to the 1968 Democratic Convention on the radio. Those were tumultuous times there and we survived and learned from them. Makes me want to listen to Janis Joplin one more time.
OK, starting to get ready for our California Dreamin Tour. We have like two weeks of stuff crammed into six days. Are we ready for that Felipe?
Just finished Eileen Elliott's book Miles of Pies. She was here to walk and left a copy for us. It is all about the life and times of her family who farmed in South Dakota. Man, we are talking resilience, fortitude and that kind of good stuff. The kind of stuff we need a little of today.


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Q: Can a C# Azure function create another thread? Inside an Azure function I have to start a new thread and wait for its results by checking a status variable in a While loop. Once the thread completed its execution, the function will proceed to the end.
Is it a legitimate way of programming Azure functions?
What will happen to my function app if While loop doesn't break or a thread doesn't return?

A: Yes, you can but you should use Durable Functions for this which are a set of premade libraries that were made specifically for such cases.
There are quite a few patterns that range from human intervention, orchestration and such.
Your code might look something like this as per their examples:
[FunctionName("BudgetApproval")]
public static async Task Run(
    [OrchestrationTrigger] IDurableOrchestrationContext context)
{
    bool approved = await context.WaitForExternalEvent<bool>("Approval");
    if (approved)
    {
        // approval granted - do the approved action
    }
    else
    {
        // approval denied - send a notification
    }
}

Or another option is you make a durable entity function that holds the state and then an event when that changes. Or a monitor function which basically loops around to see if state has changed. There are plenty of options

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Each year, 72,000 people die of cancer in Nigeria, with another 102,000 cases diagnosed. Lack of access to diagnosis and treatment, sparse public awareness, and an inadequate number of qualified health professionals and equipped treatment centers result in a high number of deaths that are largely preventable. Two often treatable forms of cancer, breast and cervical, account for a significant number of all cases in Nigeria, but the rate of death from breast cancer is triple that of the United States.
In 2015, CHAI, along with the American Cancer Society (ACS), launched work to reduce mortality from cancer in sub-Saharan Africa, where deaths from the disease are significant and growing. The incidence of cancer in the region is projected to increase by 85 percent in the next 15 years. Due primarily to delays in access to diagnosis and treatment, 80-90 percent of cases are in advanced stages by the time that they are treated, resulting in high levels of mortality. In Nigeria, CHAI is working together with partners and the Federal Ministry of Health to reverse these trends.
At an event in Abuja on April 13, the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health launched a plan to effectively prevent and treat cancer in the country. Over the next five years, the Cancer Control Plan (CCP) will serve as a roadmap for the Ministry of Health to save lives and improve care for those with cancer.
The CCP was a collaborative effort with the Ministry of Health, ACS, CHAI, and other stakeholders, including the U.S. government's National Cancer Institute. CHAI provided technical support in development of the plan and helped to support the Ministry in setting up the National Cancer Control Steering Committee, Chaired by Prof. Adewole.
Among other things, the plan will improve care at comprehensive cancer care centers where Nigerians go for cancer diagnosis and treatment. There are currently only nine of these centers throughout the country (eight public and one private), serving a population of 186 million. Due to non-functional equipment, lack of access to medication and treatment, and an absence of trained staff, patients often do not receive the level of care necessary to properly diagnose and treat their disease.
To address this, the plan aims to improve the care offered at these centers by strengthening the health workforce and ensuring that there is functioning, quality equipment and medication. The plan calls for a number of steps to increase the health workforce in cancer care with a goal of increasing the percentage of trained and available health workers by 60 percent by 2022. This trained workforce will have a deeper understanding of standards of care for effective treatment and will follow updated treatment guidelines for cancer management. The Ministry also plans to establish Medical Oncology and Nuclear Medicine specialties in Nigeria's post-graduate medical colleges.
Significantly, the plan will also address barriers to access for critical cancer medications by lowering prices and establishing a coordinated procurement mechanism to ensure that all comprehensive cancer care centers centrally procure oncology drugs.
In 2017, Nigeria was selected as one of six sub-Saharan African countries to participate in market access agreements with Pfizer Inc. and Cipla Inc. to expand access to sixteen essential cancer treatment medications, including chemotherapies. The agreements set competitive prices on the medicines, creating savings for the government and improving the quality of treatment available.
In addition to increasing access to treatment, the plan will also help ensure more effective screening for the disease by supporting the government to coordinate its screening programs at all levels of care with a goal of screening half of the eligible population by 2022 and referring all confirmed cases for treatment. Over the long-term, the Ministry of Health aims to incorporate routine screening of eligible cancers into existing health programs. This is particularly important for cancers such as breast, cervical, prostate and colorectal cancers which can often be successfully treated when found early.
The plan will also help to establish a functional and sustainable supply chain by 2020 and develop a robust maintenance strategy to ensure timely and effective maintenance of equipment. These measures will help ensure the availability of functional equipment in all comprehensive cancer care centers and build capacity of local equipment maintenance staff for preventative and corrective maintenance.
The CCP also calls for robust steps to increase public awareness of cancer including prevention, such as vaccinations for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), known to cause cervical cancer, and hepatitis, which can cause cancer of the liver. It will also improve data collection on cancer in the country and improve much-needed palliative care services for people with cancer.
Last week's launch of the CCP is just the first step toward attaining the plan's ambitious goals. CHAI will continue to work with its partners and the Ministry to ensure that the Cancer Control Plan is fully implemented.


DEAR DEIDRE: I LOVE my boyfriend to bits but he worries constantly about me and other boys.
He is insecure and always gets upset if I go to a party without him.
We have been together a year and we both know it is for the long term. I am 19, he is 21.
If I go clubbing with my mates he keeps phoning and texting me. He gets snappy if I do not answer straight away and he texted once that he wanted to die.
One of my male friends is having a party next week and he invited me on my own because he did not realise I had a boyfriend.
My boyfriend was so unhappy about it I told him I would not go.
He said that he was glad because he never sleeps well when I go out.
I feel like he's trying to guilt-trip me but am I over-reacting?
DEIDRE SAYS: He is clearly very insecure but if you only do what he feels comfortable with, you are letting him control you.
You will eventually become unhappy and resentful. Tell him you understand he feels insecure but that it has its roots in events in his life long before you got together and you won't be his prisoner.
My e-leaflet Dealing With Jealousy will help you both handle things.