There's the idea to build a business out of, but how would I know I'm not infringing any of those thousands of applications and grants? It seems to be impossible to read the claims in all of those in details. I'm interested to know what the routine is here as I've never done it before and I do not want to introduce any issues relating to infringement, so what are my options of preventing legal actions and reasonable loyalties?
The typical approach is to perform a "freedom-to-operate" analysis. You can take a crack at this yourself using patent searching tools like Google Patents or my preference The Lens. Patent searching is a skill so I would advise starting with a broad search and when you find patents that are relevant (not necessarily the same idea, but with some similarities) then look at those patent's citations. After a few rounds of this you can get a rough idea of what is out there. When you look at a patent, don't read the whole thing. I usually read the abstract and then go straight to the claims. Focus on the independent claims. Those are the ones that don't reference other claims. If you can't figure out the claims, then reviewing the figures and text of the patent might be necessary.
Interpreting claims is a another skill and you may need professional help to do an adequate job of it. In any case doing your own search first will make consulting with a patent attorney or agent more efficient and thus less expensive. If there is a specific patent or two you need help interpreting, then posting a question on this site might be a good step.
At first it depends in which countries is your market, i.e. in which countries you are planning to start your business. You may start patent search in random patent databases to get some preliminary overview about possible relevant patent documents, but finally you need to analyze the legal and geographic protection coverage and statuses of critical patents in respect of those countries where you are planning to do your business (e.g. production, selling, etc.).
For that kind of patent search like freedom to operate, Google Patents may not be very good because the coverage of countries is relatively small, the search features are not very good and the content of Google Patents is not up to date.
Whatever of free patent search tools or databases you use (Google Patents, The Lens, Espacenet, Patentscope, Depatisnet, PatentInspiration, etc), before detailed analysis and any decisions you always need to check national patent databases and registers also. Only national patent registers can give you most up to date and correct information.
When the possible critical and valid patents in relevant countries has been detected, then claim analysis and comparing with your products starts.
At the same time you need to continue monitoring publications of new patent applications.
But these are just few aspects to consider. To start, the best thing is to consult with patent attorney.
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Notorious Koch Brothers Win 2013's Rubber Dodo
October 31, 2013 Sheree Krider
It's a landslide: The ultra-secret, super-rich Koch Brothers are the lucky recipients of the Center for Biological Diversity's 2013 Rubber Dodo Award, given annually to those who have done the most to drive endangered species extinct.
Charles G. and David H. Koch have worked for years behind the scenes to prop up right-wing operations like the climate-denial movement, the Tea Party, and efforts to push through Keystone XL and strip federal protection for the last wolves left in the lower 48 states.
"When it comes to pulling levers behind the scenes for those who wreck our climate, destroy wild places and attempt to kill our last remaining wildlife, the Koch Brothers are in a class by themselves," said Kierán Suckling, the Center's executive director. "Either their moral compass is broken or they never had one in the first place. These guys are the poster children for despicable corporate greed."
More than 14,000 people cast their votes in this year's Rubber Dodo contest — thanks so much for your enthusiasm. Disappointed contenders for the title were Rep. Doc Hastings (R.-Wash.);
Russ Girling, Keystone XL booster and TransCanada CEO; and NRA head honcho Wayne LaPierre.
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An opinion from a "pro" on "prohibition"…
ElectroPig Von Fökkengrüüven
Either you want your freedoms restored, or you don't. Most people "say" they want their freedoms restored, even as they deliberately stab themselves–and everyone else–in the back by begging for more statutory enslavement, and REFUSING to end the problem, somehow "believing" that not ending the problem, and always making it worse, is somehow going to end the problem.
So let's look at the BULLSHIT NON-OPTIONS that people "believe" means they get their freedoms back, as opposed to the REPEAL of the statutes, which actually WOULD end the persecution once and for all:
1) "Decriminalization" is NOT repeal. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
2) "Legalization" is what we already have. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
3) "Re-legalization" is two letters prepended to what we already have. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
4) "Tax and regulate" will create more statutes, more regulations, more licenses, more fees, and create more problems and more "criminal charges." It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
5) "Regulate like _____" is just a different way to say "tax and regulate." It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
6) "Hemp ONLY!" It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
7) "Medical ONLY!" It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
"Government control ONLY!" It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
9) "Corporate control ONLY!" is financial in nature, and is ENTIRELY motivated by profiteering. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
10) "Government/corporate partnership control ONLY!" is actually OVERT FASCISM. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
There are several other "NOT REPEAL" options that people keep sucking up as "the ONLY solution", even as they continue to "say" they want their freedom restored.
How can you ever hope to restore your own freedoms while you REFUSE to remove the statutes that took them away, and keep pushing for MORE STATUTES to further control your life in more intrusive ways?
How long are you going to keep paying for more of your own enslavement?
Are people EVER going to just wake up and see the truth that's been staring them in the face for DECADES already?!?
ElectroPig Von Fökkengrüüven	Repeal Prohibition
Either you want your freedoms restored, or you don't. Most people "say" they want their freedoms restored, even as they deliberately stab themselves–and everyone else–in the back by begging for more statutory enslavement, and REFUSING to end the problem, somehow "believing" that not ending the problem, and always making it worse, is somehow going to end the problem.
So let's look at the BULLSHIT NON-OPTIONS that people "believe" means they get their freedoms back, as opposed to the REPEAL of the statutes, which actually WOULD end the persecution once and for all:
1) "Decriminalization" is NOT repeal. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
2) "Legalization" is what we already have. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
3) "Re-legalization" is two letters prepended to what we already have. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
4) "Tax and regulate" will create more statutes, more regulations, more licenses, more fees, and create more problems and more "criminal charges." It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
5) "Regulate like _____" is just a different way to say "tax and regulate." It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
6) "Hemp ONLY!" It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
7) "Medical ONLY!" It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
"Government control ONLY!" It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
9) "Corporate control ONLY!" is financial in nature, and is ENTIRELY motivated by profiteering. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
10) "Government/corporate partnership control ONLY!" is actually OVERT FASCISM. It is NOT freedom. But some of you still fight for this, instead of to end prohibition.
There are several other "NOT REPEAL" options that people keep sucking up as "the ONLY solution", even as they continue to "say" they want their freedom restored.
Kentucky	Cannabis, florida, greg stumbo, Hemp, kentucky, Marijuana, medical marijuana, Morgan & Morgan
"There is no correlation between Morgan & Morgan and the medical marijuana," Stumbo spokesman Brian Wilkerson said.
House Speaker Greg Stumbo pitching personal-injury law firm in TV commercials
By John Cheves — jcheves@herald-leader.com
House Speaker Greg Stumbo has accepted a position as partner at Morgan & Morgan, a Florida-based personal-injury law firm whose founder, John Morgan, is a major financial backer of the movement to legalize medical marijuana.
In September, Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, announced that he wants a debate in Kentucky about legalizing marijuana for medical purposes.
"I am open and leaning toward supporting the use of medical marijuana as I read more and more research," Stumbo said on Sept. 24.
Through a spokesman, Stumbo this week said he came to his stand on medical marijuana after speaking to Floyd County constituents who support it.
"There is no correlation between Morgan & Morgan and the medical marijuana," Stumbo spokesman Brian Wilkerson said.
John Morgan, a Lexington native who moved to Orlando, Fla., in 1971, gave $250,000 over the summer to People United For Medical Marijuana and produced several commercials to support the effort. He expects to give several million dollars more, he said this week.
On his firm's website, Morgan wrote that medical marijuana helped his father while he was dying from cancer and emphysema.
"Medical marijuana has been proven to give our loved ones relief they need, helping with pain, appetite, seizures and spasms," Morgan says in a radio commercial he recently produced in Florida. "Unfortunately, Tallahassee politicians refused to vote on the issue last session. They wouldn't even hear testimony from patients and their families."
In an interview, Morgan said he's glad to hear about Stumbo's public comments on medical marijuana, but he's not the impetus.
"Greg and I have never talked about it, but I'm spending a boatload of money to get it on the ballot in Florida this fall," Morgan said. "Now that I know he feels this way, maybe we can do something in Kentucky, too."
Steve Robertson, chairman of the Kentucky Republican Party, was ready to draw the opposite conclusion.
"We at least now know that Stumbo bases his public positions on his private finances," Robertson said. "After standing in opposition to the hemp bill, it's mind-boggling that he'd suddenly turn around and advocate for medical marijuana based on his new job."
During the 2013 legislative session, Stumbo criticized and worked against — though he ultimately voted for — a bill that established a licensing system for Kentucky hemp farmers if the federal government decriminalizes that plant, a close relative to marijuana. Stumbo said he agreed with police officers who argued that hemp and marijuana crops could be confused, making their jobs more difficult.
Later this year, Stumbo went to work for Morgan & Morgan. He recently began starring in television commercials for the firm, which employs 240 lawyers in a half-dozen states, including former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.
"I'm Greg Stumbo of Morgan & Morgan," Stumbo says in a 30-second spot currently airing on Lexington stations. "As attorney general of Kentucky, I was honored to be your personal attorney."
Stumbo, who was attorney general from 2003 to 2007, goes on to tell viewers: "The insurance company doesn't have your family's best interest at heart. We do. Call us."
Speaking Wednesday, Morgan explained the hire: "Stumbo is a consumer advocate. That's what he's done both professionally and politically. He knows his way around Kentucky and he's obviously well-known among his peers."
John Cheves: (859) 231-3266. Twitter: @BGPolitics. Blog: bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2013/10/17/2881362/house-speaker-greg-stumbo-pitching.html#storylink=cpy
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Cannabis Culture, Latest News, Politics	Canada Marijuana Party, Candidate, Komelis Klevering, marijuana party, supreme court
Canada: Marijuana Party candidate files case to Supreme Court
ByRob O'Flanagan
GUELPH – A Guelph candidate in the last federal election will contest the local result to the country's highest court.
Kornelis (Case) Klevering, who collected 171 votes as the Marijuana Party candidate in the May 2011, filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada last week. The appeal came days after the Federal Court of Canada rejected Klevering's contention that the election results in Guelph should be annulled on the grounds that fraudulent and illegal practices misdirected local voters.
In her ruling, prothonotary Martha Milczynski of the federal court found Klevering's case lacking. Milczynski acknowledged that "Guelph may be singled out as one of, if not the most egregious example of the voter suppression efforts" that marred the election. Voters were misdirected through automated telephone calls, or robocalls, fraudulently informing them of the relocation of polling stations.
But she ruled that Klevering was unable to prove through solid evidence that voter suppression "had an impact on the election results in the riding of Guelph or on the integrity of the election such that there is even the slightest chance that the results would be annulled and the electorate in Guelph put through a byelection."
Milczynski also ruled that Klevering's application was filed late – well beyond the 30-day limit after election results were officially published in the Canada Gazette.
Guelph MP Frank Valeriote, who won the 2011 election by just over 6,200 votes, opposed Klevering's application to the federal court, and said Monday he would opposed the Supreme Court appeal as well.
Klevering said in an interview Monday that he is no stranger to Supreme Court proceedings, having filed five previous appeals to the high court related to "constitutional issues with respect to cannabis marijuana."
His latest filing includes a sworn affidavit related to personal finances which should ensure that he can appeal the case without personal expense. The Supreme Court received his filing last Friday. He believes contesting the case on charter grounds is the best way to ensure the rights of voters are upheld.
The best result, he added, would be for the Supreme Court to determine if the election in Guelph was free and fair according to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and if the integrity of the election was compromised enough to call a byelection. That would ensure that all voters in Guelph have the same opportunity to cast a ballet, as opposed to being unfairly redirected to a fraudulent polling station.
"It's a constitutional question that has to be dealt with at the Supreme Court, not the federal court," Klevering said, adding that the matter must be decided by a judge with more authority than Milczynski. A prothonotary is a principle clerk in a court of law, not a judge.
"She said there was no evidence, which is ridiculous because there is evidence," Klevering said, explaining that the Marc Mayrand, Canada's chief electoral officer ruled there were thousands of robo-calls in Guelph alone. Klevering added that Justice Richard Mosley had previously ruled that fraud had occurred in six ridings during the election, particularly in Guelph. That is evidence enough of wrongdoing, he said.
"For me it's more a charter violation," he said. "Section 3 of the charter says all elections are supposed to be free and fair. That certainly didn't happen for everybody in Guelph. Based on that, I am asking the court to rule if the integrity had been compromised to the point where the election was no longer free and fair."
Valeriote said Klevering has, like all Canadians, "the right to be heard, provided the circumstances are such that an argument is warranted." In this case, Valeriote said, the federal court decision was clear.
"I'm satisfied with the result, but more importantly the court held that the fraud that was the centre of Case's argument was fraud that was perpetrated by someone who had access to the Conservative database, and that it did strike at the integrity of the electoral process in attempted to dissuade voters from voting," Valeriote added.
Quoting Mosley's findings, Milczynski said evidence of fraud was "mostly clearly demonstrated in the Guelph investigation," and that it was clear that a database maintained by the Conservative Party of Canada was accessed by unknown person or persons in placing the fraudulent calls. There is no evidence the access was approved or condoned by the party.
While in other jurisdictions where robo-calls took place the outcome may have been influenced by those fraudulent calls, Valeriote added there was no evidence of that being the case in Guelph, where the margin of victory was wide.
"So I really have to challenge now why Case would continue with this given that the judge said it did not affect the ultimate result," Valeriote said. "Because of the result, it's clear that the voters of Guelph spoke quite loudly and clearly on election day, notwithstanding the voter fraud on election day."
Valeriote said there will be a financial cost to him in challenging the Supreme Court appeal. His lawyer will represent him at the proceedings when they are held. Klevering said a date for a hearing has not been decided.
roflanagan@guelphmercury.com
CIVIL RIGHTS, Prisoners	healthcare, jerry duval, medical cannabis, prison
Jerry Duval, Medical Marijuana Patient, Lacks Adequate Health Care In Prison
The Michigan medical marijuana patient whose imprisonment could ultimately cost federal taxpayers more than $1.2 million is being denied adequate health care while he serves his sentence, his wife claims.
Jerry Duval surrendered to federal authorities in June to serve out a 10-year sentence for marijuana distribution at the Federal Medical Center Devens prison in Massachusetts. His wife, Tracey, said in an interview with The Huffington Post that he has suffered two hemorrhages in his eye since then. After the first one several months ago, Duval never received the outside medical care he needed, she alleged. And a second hemorrhage on Wednesday left him almost without sight in his right eye, his wife claimed.
"It's actually the worst one that he's ever had," said Tracey, who said she spoke to Duval over the phone after his eye worsened on Wednesday. "If this situation doesn't get taken care of, he could lose his eye."
Tracey and the advocacy group Americans for Safe Access are urging the Federal Bureau of Prisons to allow Duval to visit an outside doctor to treat his glaucoma and retinal problems. They previously sought Duval's compassionate release on the grounds that his numerous transplants and other medical problems would be better treated in a general population hospital.
Chris Burke, a Bureau of Prisons spokesman, told HuffPost over email that the agency does not comment on individual prisoners' medical conditions.
"I can tell you that we provide appropriate and necessary medical care to inmates in our custody," he said.
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Winter is far from over, and thus it's important to make sure your furnace is well prepared for the remaining cold winter months. There are many benefits of maintaining your furnace. Conducting annual furnace maintenance not only allows your furnace to run more efficiently and effectively, but it can also increase the lifespan of your furnace and potentially lower your heating bill by 5-10%. Below, I'm going to discuss four important aspects of maintaining a furnace. If you have yet to perform these this season, I highly suggest you do.
Dust, dirt, and other allergens build up inside your furnace system, and thus it's important to vacuum the interior of your furnace. This will decrease the chances of you or others in your home getting sick, and will also allow your furnace to breathe easier.
Air filters should not be replaced once a year while performing annual furnace maintenance, but rather once every 2-3 months. Doing so will keep the air in your home cleaner and more safe to breathe.
Similar to automobiles, the belt that propels your furnace fan languishes and deteriorates. You'll want to make sure the fan belt isn't loosening or cracking. If you notice any of these things happening then you'll want to purchase a new fan belt.
Lastly, you'll want to make sure your furnace's oil bearings have enough lubrication. If the oil bearings in your furnace aren't properly lubricated, the motor could potentially burn up and then you'll be stuck having to buy a new furnace.
Performing these particular furnace maintenance tasks will not only ensure a long lasting furnace, but will also provide other benefits such lowering your heating bill and decreasing the chances of you getting sick during the winter months.
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262 out of 263 participants in a road race were disqualified after they were misdirected, with only one person running the correct course. The mishap occurred at a race in Kasaoka, Okayama on Feb. 5. According to city officials, in the children's 3 km division the field of 263 elementary school students from 3rd grade through 6th grade was misdirected. 262 of them ran the wrong way, with the first child to finish covering what was estimated to be less than 2 km in 6:51. Followed by a staff member on a bicycle, only the last-place child ran the correct course to complete the full 3 km distance. All the other children were disqualified, and city officials decided to honor the lone finisher as the winner.
The race, the 20th Bayfarm Kasaoka Road Race, featured 30 different divisions including a half marathon, 10 km and separate 3 km races for junior high school and elementary school students. Both the junior high and elementary school races followed the same course, the junior high school students starting first and the elementary school students five minutes later. In the past the elementary school students have chased after the junior high students and there has never been a problem with them getting lost on the course, but with only 40 people in the junior high division this year the lead group of elementary school runners lost sight of them. Although there were guidance signs on the course they were described as "hard to understand," and volunteer staff along the route were mainly focused on safety and security and didn't notice the elementary school runners had gone the wrong way.
As a result, although all the junior high school division runners ran the correct 3 km course, 262 of the 263 elementary school runners were estimated to have run only 1.8 km. Staff members surprised at their early arrival at the finish line confirmed that they had gone off-course. The race could not be run again, so in addition to the official winner the first six finishers were still recognized at the award ceremony. "They tried," commented race officials.
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The Nonlinear Skeletons in the Closet
(University of Kansas)
Barry E. Jones
(Binghamton University - SUNY)
Milka Kirova
(Washington University)
Travis Nesmith
(Federal Reserve Board)
Meenakshi Pasupathy
(Bernard Baruch School - CUNY)
William Arnold Barnett
Barry Edward Jones
Travis Dean Nesmith
Although nonlinearity is the rule in economic theory, nonlinearity tends to make life difficult for econometricians. While there have been many advances in nonlinear econometrics in recent years, some problems produced by nonlinearity remain 'skeletons in the closet' in empirical economic research. In this paper, we open the door to that closet and take a look at two of the biggest skeletons. For a deeper look into that closet, see the just-published book by W. A. Barnett and Jane Binner (2004), Functional Structure and Approximation in Econometrics, North Holland, Elsevier Science.
William A. Barnett & Barry E. Jones & Milka Kirova & Travis Nesmith & Meenakshi Pasupathy, 2004. "The Nonlinear Skeletons in the Closet," Econometrics 0405003, University Library of Munich, Germany.
Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpem:0405003
Note: Type of Document - doc; pages: 45. This paper is forthcoming in Michael Belongia and Jane Binner (eds), Money, Measurement, and Computation, Palgrave.
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nonlinearity; curvature; regularity; cointegration; bispectrum; chaos; bifurcation;
C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
NEP-ECM-2004-06-09 (Econometrics)
NEP-HPE-2004-06-02 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
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When do strategists take decision?
In this talk, Stéphanie Dameron will explore what it means to be a strategist as the strategy decision-making tends to be more inclusive and participative. Building on interviews with strategy practitioners, Stéphanie Dameron argues that strategizing is the art of balancing tension : the social tension, the focus tension, the cognitive tension and the time tension. These tensions compose a paradox lens of strategizing that combines a strategy perspective with what Stéphanie Dameron calls an "antestrategy" conception of strategy work. Stéphanie borrows from Boje's work on antenarratives to develop the concept of antestrategy. In this approach, strategy formulation is viewed as a retrospective rationalization of speculative activities, making such betting look rational and plausible so that others buy into them which in turn help the strategic content to become real.
Stéphanie Dameron is professor of strategy at Paris Dauphine University where she runs the Chair « Strategic and Competitive Intelligence » and the research group in "Management & Organization". Her research topics include cooperative relationships within or between organizations and the participation of various stakeholders in the decision making process. She also has a special interest for the management education system and managerial innovations. Her work has been published in international journals including the Journal of Management Studies and the British Journal of Management.
Institutionally engaged, she is member of the board of Paris-Dauphine University and the chair of the Advisory board of EM Normandie Business School. She is member of the scientific committee of the EURAM. She was also an IG leaders at the Strategic Management Society.
The Future of Management Education is her latest book, published in 2018.
How do extreme work hours persist?
Extreme work hours constitute a peculiar temporal phenomenon: a temporal structure that persists in a state of asynchrony relative to deeply entrenched societal rhythms, such as the 40-hours work week. In his talk, Blagoy Blagoev will examine the dynamics and the effects of this asynchrony. For this, he will draw on a longitudinal case study of the genesis, reinforcement, and maintenance of extreme work hours in an elite consulting firm. To theorize his findings, Blagoy borrows from Luhmann's theory of social systems and develops the notion of temporal uncoupling. Not only does this notion offer a new way of seeing the persistence of extreme work hours as a temporal problem, it also furthers current theorizing on organizational temporality. More specifically, temporal uncoupling reveals the paradoxical co-constitution of synchrony and asynchrony in organizations and, thus, challenges the orthodox view of entrainment as an ideal temporal relation between organizations and their environments.
Dr. Blagoy Blagoev is Lecturer in Organization Studies at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. Blagoy holds a doctoral degree from Freie Universität Berlin and his work focuses on the interplay of time and temporality with processes and practices of organizing. Among other things, he has conducted research on the formation and persistence of organizational time regimes, the temporal coordination of organizational routines, and the entanglement of organizational remembering with materiality. Currently, Blagoy is studying the temporal structuring of work in new forms of organizing.
In this seminar, Professor Philippe Lorino from ESSEC Business School will focus on a specific aspect of pragmatist thought: the pragmatist approach to temporality and sociality, in particular Dewey and Bentley's concept of "trans-action" and Mead's philosophy of temporality. He will suggest that Mead's notion of sociality simultaneously entails a definition of temporality, as the constant emergence of new events leading to the ongoing re-invention of the past and the future. The discussion will be illustrated with examples from professor Lorino's research on management and organizations.
Philippe Lorino is a distinguished Emeritus Professor of management control and organization theory at ESSEC Business School, Paris.
Drawing on insights from various scholars at CBS and elsewhere, the Centre aims to be a hub for thinking about organizations and time. The main focus of the centre will be on how organizational actors enact their near and distant pasts and futures and how that enactment shapes processes, practices and policies in, between and around organizations.
We believe that by developing more dynamic and expansive models of time we can also be in a better position to understand how organizations can take an active and responsible part in shaping and sustaining the economic and institutional fabric of society.
For this inauguration event, we have invited scholars across CBS to share their ideas about time and discuss how those ideas might be reconceived or extended. We hope this will open up new opportunities for re-imagining, debating, and academically exploring matters of time.
Tor Hernes (IOA), Christina Lubinski (MPP), Majken Schultz (IOA) and Silviya Svejenova (IOA).


WASHINGTON, DC—The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), has announced the availability of new Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program funding. ONDCP expects to award approximately $18.75 million for 150 new competing grants to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The deadline to submit DFC grantee applications is Friday, March 19, 2010.
The DFC Support Program is a collaborative Federal program sponsored by ONDCP and administered in partnership with SAMHSA. The program aims to establish and strengthen communities, private nonprofit agencies, and Federal, state, local, and tribal governments and entities to collaborate and support community-based efforts to prevent and reduce youth substance use. The DFC program was created in 1997 under the Drug Free Communities Act, and was reauthorized in 2001, and again in 2006. The latest reauthorization extends the DFC Program until 2012. The DFC Program provides grants of up to $125,000 per year for up to five years, with a 10-year maximum limit.
In order to assist potential Drug Free Communities Support Program applicants through the grant process, ONDCP, will post an online workshop and PowerPoint slides on www.ondcp.gov/dfc by January 29, 2010.
WHO CAN APPLY: Community-based coalitions that are focused on addressing youth substance use and meet all of the DFC eligibility requirements.
HOW TO APPLY: Applications for No. SP-10-005 are available by calling SAMHSA's Health Information Network at 1-877-SAMHSA7 or by downloading the application http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2010/SP-10-005.aspx. Applicants may apply online using http://www.grants.gov/.
APPLICATION DUE DATE: All applications are due by March 19, 2010.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Applicants with questions about program issues should contact Olivia Shockey, Public Health Advisor, CSAP at 240-276-1270 or by email at dfcnew2010@samhsa.hhs.gov; or Barbara Orlando, Grants Management Specialist, Office of Program Services at 240-276-1422, or by email at barbara.orlando@samhsa.hhs.gov.
For information on DFC and upcoming application workshops, visit the Program's Web site at www.ondcp.gov/dfc.
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2. Which of the following conditions may result in the requirement to adapt prevention programming?
D. Time frame of implementation.
3. What are environmental prevention strategies seeking to change?
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The University of Oklahoma College of Liberal Studies is now offering a Master's in Prevention Science program.
It's not like I wasn't warned that having a fairly large family (five children) would increase the possibility of even more bodies once they started reproducing (currently two adult step-grandchildren, six grands under age five, and another on the way). It's just that I did not think about how enjoyable yet time consuming it would be! Working full-time in prevention took less time and energy. So, I am delighted to have another of my passions draw me away and encompass my thinking now and again.
I've been teaching prevention topics, and more specifically, prevention focused ethics for 13 years. The longer I teach, the more I learn and the more I see a need for revisiting our values and principles as prevention professionals. Pam Lawrenz, my co-trainer, coined the title "Ethical Fitness" for our workshops about ten years ago. Her insight was that, just as we need exercise to stay physically fit, we must re-address our thinking to stay ethically fit. Great idea, Pam!
That's what we'd like to take up in a recurring "Ethical Fitness" column here in our newsletter. Each quarter, I will provide an ethical dilemma, based on actual events (truth being stranger than fiction), then you advise us on how you'd resolve our dilemma. Your sharing of ideas will help us all accomplish our "work-outs" free of groans and sighs.
In 2009, the Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) awarded its first ever Maggie Marcopul Prevention Specialist Scholarship award to Sherry Clouser, the Prevention Program Supervisor at Dauphin County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services.
Clouser has been in the addictions field for over 21 years. For 10 years, she worked at the Dauphin County Prison as the Treatment Coordinator. In 1999, she transferred to Dauphin County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services. Since that time, Clouser has been an Administrative Case Manager, an Intensive Case Manager, a Student Assistance Program D&A Liaison, and most recently became the Prevention Program Supervisor. She has been a Certified Addictions Counselor since 1997.
Clouser holds an Associate of Arts degree in Social Science from Harrisburg Area Community College and a Bachelors of Science degree in Criminal Justice from The Pennsylvania State University. In her spare time, she works with therapy dogs and has become a certified dog trainer.
This three-year scholarship, valued at $8,000, includes all fees associated with becoming a Certified Prevention Specialist, a prevention study guide, the first recertification, membership in a statewide prevention association, full attendance at an annual statewide prevention conference, full attendance at the PCB annual conference, and full attendance at the NPN conference. These training opportunities will provide the scholarship recipient with the necessary education hours for certification as a prevention specialist at the end of the three years. The recipient will then become a mentor for the next scholarship recipient.
With this award, Clouser is well on her way to having a number one prevention program. She is as equally excited to share what she learns with others and to mentor future recipients of this award.