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Solving the National Seed Packet Mystery: Mapping
By Sunny Fleming
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services put mysterious seed reports on a map to improve customer service and assess the situation.
Putting seed reports on a map helped direct responses and reduce workloads.
Capturing the location of seed reports led to analysis of potential environmental threats.
Knowing where seeds were reported helps agency plan strategies should they carry disease or prove invasive.
It was one of the stranger twists in an already strange summer. Across the country, thousands of people were receiving unsolicited parcels delivered by the US Postal Service. The parcels, which contained unlabeled packages of seeds, appeared to originate from China.
Federal authorities swiftly determined the packages to be part of a massive "brushing" scam. For many online retailers, an order delivered to a valid address is considered "verified," regardless of whether the occupant placed the order. The sender can then post a positive review of the product that appears to be written by the recipient.
Although the scam easily revealed itself, there was still the problem of millions of unidentified seeds finding their way into the country with no safeguards. Some people planted them, more simply disposed of them, but quite a few turned to government agencies for guidance.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) office in Richmond, received the first reports on Thursday, July 23. By the end of that work week, VDACS counted 50 emails and 75 phone calls. Before staff went home for the weekend, VDACS released a statement to local media, urging Virginians who received the seeds not to plant them.
On the evening of Friday, July 24, a national news organization ran a story on the seed packages. The report named VDACS as a clearinghouse for information. Thus began the deluge. By the following Monday, VDACS had received 800 emails and the main office voicemail box was full.
"We got three days' worth of people from every state in the country calling us to report that they had received unsolicited packages containing seeds," said David Gianino, program manager for VDACS' Office of Plant Industry Services. "We were getting overwhelmed with calls and emails." By the end of the week, the three or four people who handle calls and emails for the office were struggling to get out from under over 2,500 responses.
The packages with Chinese writing on them contained a variety of seeds, prompting concerns that they may be invasive plant species.
One possible solution, an automated email response, had obvious shortcomings. Anyone making multiple reports would receive multiple responses containing the same information. It also wouldn't be much of a timesaver for VDACS, since there are no easy ways to filter out data, especially regarding whether the sender was reporting from outside of Virginia.
Instead, Gianino and his colleagues used the automated response to direct respondents to a reporting form built on a geographic information system (GIS) online hub. The hub provided guided information for Virginians, instructing them on how to handle the seeds and how to file a report. The hub directed out-of-state residents to their respective agriculture agency.
Once the report was submitted, Virginia residents were instructed to send their packaging and seeds to the Plant Protection and Quarantine division of the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS).
"As soon as I saw what the reporting tool could do, I said this is what we need," Gianino said. "We needed a form that people could fill out so our staff could receive the data in a way that helped them get caught up on handling the reports. The tool was what we hoped the reporting email could have been, but the email and its automatic response couldn't tabulate data or location information."
Taking Stock of the Situation
The GIS tool bought Gianino's team some time. "As soon as we made the reporting form public, our staff could shift our efforts towards building a nice landing page or hub where the information could be laid out very consistently and cleanly," he said.
When people reported their seeds, the landing page walked them through all the steps of reporting, securing the seeds, and sending them to the USDA.
"It provided our staff relief to pivot and say, 'Okay, now we can take a break from answering phones and emails and focus on what our next steps are,'" Gianino said.
Beyond the immediate logistical relief, the online hub provided an optimal way for VDACS to analyze the unfolding situation. Recipients could even attach a photo of the seeds so the agency can begin to understand what these packages contain, and if there were any discernible patterns in the geographic distribution or in the types of seeds inside them.
Assessing the Dangers
With so little known about the seeds and their origins, it was difficult to tell how dangerous they might be. The seeds could contain pathogens such as boxwood blight, a destructive fungus, or they could be harboring invasive insects or noxious weeds.
"If imported seeds go through the right channels, they're being declared and inspected," Gianino said. "Authorities can then certify if the seeds are free of disease or insects."
Giant Hogweed is a poisonous invasive plant feared in Virginia and other states. While it has beautiful white blooms similar to Queen Anne's lace, the plant produces a toxic sap that can cause serious blisters, third-degree burns, and permanent blindness.
Whoever was sending the mystery seeds was not even declaring them as seeds, compounding the danger. "Not only do we not know what the plant is," Gianino explained, "we don't know if it's safe to grow."
Even without diseases, the seeds posed dangers. Virginia has multiple protected areas with ecosystems vulnerable to non-native invasive plants. These plants could also potentially damage Virginia's commercial farms.
Using its GIS program, Gianino's team will be able to assess nearby problem areas when they receive reports of invasive plant issues possibly linked to the unsolicited seeds.
"Without a way to track where invasive plants become introduced, their spread can get out-of-control quickly," Gianino said. "The more information we have up front, the better we can focus our response if any of these seeds are in fact invasive."
If any of the seeds that were planted are invasive and they find their way into the environment, an idea of where they were planted will help the department identify locations for survey and control measures.
Gianino explained: "If someone calls to say they have a new and prolific vine growing all over their house now, and they planted these unsolicited seeds, our staff can look at the area and see if there are farms nearby, or a body of water we need to protect, so it doesn't spread."
Because all the reports will reside on the GIS hub, VDACS can get a head start on potential problems, even bringing the data into the field. "It'll make us more efficient, and not just for handling reports," Gianino said. "If inspectors need to collect survey data, they don't have to take the data back to their computers and input the data at another time."
Although the overwhelming reports of unsolicited seed packages have been disruptive to VDACS' operations—and the seeds themselves pose a threat to state agriculture—Gianino took advantage of the dilemma.
"I used this isolated incident to identify our need for a reporting tool," he said, noting the department now has a streamlined, long-term solution to handle resident reports and collect and report critical survey data. The hub and contributed data will help his team identify where future invasive species are coming from and where to focus their efforts.
And, Gianino finds another bright side to the whole mystery seed episode: "Some days I wake up and think 'Oh my gosh, there are 180 more reports in the reporting tool,' but those are 180 people that are at least paying attention and being engaged."
See how other state and local government agencies are using GIS to engage and collaborate with communities.
The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) created a reporting tool to capture details from Virginia residents who received unsolicited packages containing seeds that appear to have originated from China. (Click on image to visit the site.)
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Sunny Fleming is Esri's industry lead for the domains of environment, conservation, and natural resources. Throughout her career, she has applied GIS concepts and technology to environmental policy, conservation, and natural resources, from monitoring species in the field to helping state parks manage assets and assess their economic impacts. She continues to pursue her passion for the environment by helping industry leaders streamline and improve their work with GIS technology, whether in the field or in the office, and whether setting policy or managing wildlife and resources.
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Tea of the Session: Thermos has finally been sourced so I was able to partake of some very fine Whittards Irish Breakfast.
Recorded: Recorded but not up to standard.
I forgot the map. Which given today ended up being the first combat was very unfortunate, however before we got to that point there was some other things happening. In the wake of the Warhounds passing through the area, the Commissar made a point to pass through all of the squads and try and keep morale up. However the sight of Imperial war machines heading to the front line in such an obvious hurry had shaken the troops slightly and even his reassuring words were not enough to calm them.
Tea of the Session: I still do not have a bloody thermos and so was drinking Sainsburys Cranberry and Raspberry. A fine drink, but not tea.
Recording: Again Recorded but as it was not recorded at Cult headquarters not of sufficient quality to cast.
Where last session was taken up getting all of the characters acquainted, this session was mostly spent preparing their grid square for combat. First however they had to get there, and the Imperial guard had laid on a wonderful transport in the person of a Grox Manure Scow. Having been bolted into it, with the Operators Sentinel Bolted to the bottom of the ship, it dropped out of the transport and hurtled down towards Sinanphos.
Tea of the Session: Strangely for me I had no tea. It was a terrible tragedy and I had to make do with Cloudy Lemonade.
Recording: Recorded but the recording is not of a high enough quality to cast sadly.
Well my Only War campaign has now started. It's designed to be an introduction to people who have not necessarily roleplayed before, and also to fly the "Roleplaying" flag at the Games and Roleplaying Society. As such I have all levels of people in the game, some are experienced gamers who have a pretty good idea what to expect from one of my games, and the others don't even know what to expect from Roleplaying.


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SLPS Superintendent to retire at the end of the year
By Nicole Sanders
Published: Aug. 9, 2022 at 8:54 AM CDT
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Dr. Kelvin Adams will retire from his role as the Saint Louis Public Schools Superintendent after nearly 14 years.
"As I continue to serve the students, families, and staff of Saint Louis Public Schools over the next few months, I do so with a deep sense of pride and humility. We have come a long way since 2008, but there is still much work to be done," Adams said in a press release. "This school year will be challenging as we focus on the safe return of students and staff amid community health challenges. We hope to restore a sense of normalcy while creating innovative learning opportunities for all students. I remain 100% committed to leading this important work."
Adams began his role in 2008. He will officially retire on Dec. 31, 2022, but the Board of Education will search for his successor to serve the area's largest school district. Board President Matt Davis said Adam's retirement is "truly the end of an era."
"Dr. Adams often says he is, 'data-driven,' and he used that talent to analyze information and help change the trajectory of the District. Today, SLPS is fully accredited, due to the leadership of our superintendent and his team." He added, "Dr. Adams has given his all to this District for 14 years and we are extremely indebted to him."
The first discussion about his replacement will begin tonight during a meeting. A nationwide search will begin in the upcoming weeks.
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59.692(1n)(bm) (bm) If a principal structure exists on an adjacent lot and within 250 feet of a proposed principal structure in only one direction along the shoreline, is the closest principal structure to the proposed principal structure, and is set back less than 75 feet from the ordinary high-water mark, a county shoreland zoning ordinance may establish a setback equal to the average of 75 feet and the distance that the existing structure is set back from the ordinary high-water mark but no less than 35 feet.
59.692(1n)(c) (c)
59.692(1n)(c)1.1. Except as provided in subd. 2., if the closest principal structure in each direction along the shoreline to a proposed principal structure exists on an adjacent lot and within 200 feet of the proposed principal structure and both of the existing principal structures are set back more than 75 feet from the ordinary high-water mark at or farther landward from the setback that was required at the time each structure was built, a county shoreland zoning ordinance may establish a setback equal to the average of the setbacks required for those structures at the time they were built.
59.692(1n)(c)2. 2. Subdivision 1. does not apply if the resulting setback limits the placement of the proposed principal structure to an area on which the structure cannot be built.
59.692(1n)(d) (d) A county shoreland zoning ordinance may not prohibit the construction of any of the following structures within the 75-foot setback requirement under par. (am):
59.692(1n)(d)1. 1. A boathouse, as defined in s. 30.01 (1d), that is located entirely above the ordinary high-water mark.
59.692(1n)(d)2. 2. A structure that satisfies the requirements in sub. (1v).
59.692(1n)(d)3. 3. A fishing raft for which the department has issued a permit under s. 30.126.
59.692(1n)(d)4. 4. A broadcast signal receiver, including a satellite dish, or an antenna that is no more than one meter in diameter and a satellite earth station antenna that is no more than 2 meters in diameter.
59.692(1n)(d)5. 5. A utility transmission line, utility distribution line, pole, tower, water tower, pumping station, well pumphouse cover, private on-site wastewater treatment system that complies with ch. 145, and any other utility structure for which no feasible alternative location outside of the setback exists and which is constructed and placed using best management practices to infiltrate or otherwise control storm water runoff from the structure.
59.692(1n)(d)6. 6. A walkway, stairway, or rail system that is necessary to provide pedestrian access to the shoreline and is no more than 60 inches in width.
59.692(1n)(d)7. 7. A fence that is all of the following:
59.692(1n)(d)7.a. a. No taller than 15 feet.
59.692(1n)(d)7.b. b. Located no less than 2 feet landward of the ordinary high-water mark.
59.692(1n)(d)7.c. c. Located entirely outside of a highway right-of-way, no less than 10 feet from the edge of a roadway, and no more than 40 feet from the edge of a roadway or highway right-of-way, whichever is greater.
59.692(1n)(d)7.d. d. Generally perpendicular to the shoreline.
59.692(1n)(d)8. 8. A bridge for which the department has issued a permit under s. 30.123.
59.692(1o) (1o) The department may not promulgate a standard and a county may not enact an ordinance under this section that prohibits the owner of a boathouse in the shoreland setback area that has a flat roof from using the roof as a deck if the roof has no side walls or screens or from having or installing a railing around that roof if the railing is not inconsistent with standards promulgated by the department of safety and professional services under ch. 101.
59.692(1p) (1p) This section does not authorize a county to impose a requirement, condition, or restriction on land that is not shoreland within the county.
59.692(1r) (1r) An ordinance enacted under this section may not prohibit the maintenance of stairs, platforms or decks that were constructed before August 15, 1991, and that are located in any of the following shorelands:
59.692(1r)(a) (a) The shoreland of Lake Wissota in Chippewa County.
59.692(1r)(b) (b) The shorelands of Lake Holcombe in Chippewa and Rusk counties.
59.692(1t) (1t) A county or the department may not commence an enforcement action against a person who owns a building or structure that is in violation of a shoreland zoning standard or an ordinance enacted under this section if the building or structure has been in place for more than 10 years.
59.692(1v) (1v) A county shall grant special zoning permission for the construction or placement of a structure on property in a shoreland setback area if all of the following apply:
59.692(1v)(a) (a) The part of the structure that is nearest to the water is located at least 35 feet landward from the ordinary high-water mark.
59.692(1v)(b) (b) The total floor area of all of the structures in the shoreland setback area of the property will not exceed 200 square feet. In calculating this square footage, boathouses shall be excluded.
59.692(1v)(c) (c) The structure that is the subject of the request for special zoning permission has no sides or has open or screened sides.
59.692(1v)(d) (d) The county must approve a plan that will be implemented by the owner of the property to preserve or establish a vegetative buffer zone that covers at least 70 percent of the half of the shoreland setback area that is nearest to the water.
59.692(2)(a)(a) Except as otherwise specified, all provisions of s. 59.69 apply to ordinances and their amendments enacted under this section whether or not enacted separately from ordinances enacted under s. 59.69, but the ordinances and amendments shall not require approval or be subject to disapproval by any town or town board.
59.692(2)(b) (b) If an existing town ordinance relating to shorelands is more restrictive than an ordinance later enacted under this section affecting the same shorelands, it continues as a town ordinance in all respects to the extent of the greater restrictions, but not otherwise.
59.692(2)(bg) (bg) A town may enact a zoning ordinance affecting the same shorelands as an ordinance enacted under this section, subject to the restrictions in ss. 60.61 (3r) and 60.62 (5).
59.692(2)(bm) (bm) If a town ordinance enacted by a town that is located entirely on an island in Lake Superior and authorized to exercise village powers under s. 60.22 (3) is more restrictive than an ordinance enacted under this section affecting the same shorelands, regardless of the order of enactment, the town ordinance applies in all respects to the extent of the greater restrictions, but not otherwise.
59.692(2)(c) (c) Ordinances that are enacted under this section shall accord and be consistent with any comprehensive zoning plan or general zoning ordinance applicable to the enacting counties, so far as practicable.
59.692(2m) (2m) A county shoreland zoning ordinance may not regulate the construction of a structure on a substandard lot in a manner that is more restrictive than the shoreland zoning standards for substandard lots.
59.692(3) (3) All powers granted to a county under s. 236.45 may be exercised by it with respect to shorelands, but the county must have or provide a planning agency as defined in s. 236.02 (3).
59.692(4)(a)(a) Section 66.0301 applies to this section, except that for the purposes of this section an agreement under s. 66.0301 shall be effected by ordinance. If the municipalities as defined in s. 281.31 are served by a regional planning commission under s. 66.0309, the commission may, with its consent, be empowered by the ordinance of agreement to administer each ordinance enacted hereunder throughout its enacting municipality, whether or not the area otherwise served by the commission includes all of that municipality.
59.692(4)(b) (b) Variances and appeals regarding shorelands within a county are for the board of adjustment for that county under s. 59.694, and the procedures of that section apply. Notwithstanding s. 59.694 (4), the department may not appeal a decision of the county to grant or deny a variance under this section but may, upon the request of a county board of adjustment, issue an opinion on whether a variance should be granted or denied.
59.692(5) (5) An ordinance enacted under this section supersedes all provisions of an ordinance enacted under s. 59.69 that relate to shorelands.
59.692(5m) (5m) If a county has in effect on or after July 14, 2015, a provision in an ordinance that is inconsistent with sub. (1d), (1f), (1k), or (2m), the provision does not apply and may not be enforced.
59.692(6) (6) If a county does not enact an ordinance by January 1, 1968, or if the department, after notice and hearing, determines that a county has enacted an ordinance that fails to meet the shoreland zoning standards, the department shall adopt such an ordinance for the county. As far as possible, s. 87.30 shall apply to this subsection.
59.692(6m) (6m) For an amendment to an ordinance enacted under this section that affects an activity that meets all of the requirements under s. 281.165 (2), (3) (a), or (4) (a), the department may not proceed under sub. (6), or otherwise review the amendment, to determine whether the ordinance, as amended, fails to meet the shoreland zoning standards.
59.692(7)(a)(a) In this subsection, "facility" means any property or equipment of a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5), or a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of producing or furnishing heat, light, or power to its members only, that is used for the transmission, delivery, or furnishing of natural gas, heat, light, or power.
59.692(7)(b) (b) The construction and maintenance of a facility is considered to satisfy the requirements of this section and any county ordinance enacted under this section if any of the following applies:
59.692(7)(b)1. 1. The department has issued all required permits or approvals authorizing the construction or maintenance under ch. 30, 31, 281, or 283.
59.692(7)(b)2. 2. No department permit or approval under subd. 1. is required for the construction or maintenance and the construction or maintenance is conducted in a manner that employs best management practices to infiltrate or otherwise control storm water runoff from the facility.
59.692 History History: 1979 c. 233; 1981 c. 330; 1983 a. 189 s. 329 (23); 1991 a. 39; 1993 a. 329; 1995 a. 201 s. 476; Stats. 1995 s. 59.692; 1995 a. 227; 1997 a. 27, 35, 252; 1999 a. 9; 1999 a. 150 s. 672; 2005 a. 112; 2011 a. 6, 170; 2013 a. 80; 2015 a. 55, 146, 167, 178, 391; 2017 a. 68; 2017 a. 365 ss. 28, 29, 110; 2017 a. 366 s. 99; 2019 a. 145; 2021 a. 105, 200.
59.692 Cross-reference Cross-reference: See also ch. NR 115, Wis. adm. code.
59.692 Annotation The Department of Natural Resources, as trustee of navigable waters in the state, has standing to appeal shoreline zoning decisions. DNR v. Walworth County Board of Adjustment, 170 Wis. 2d 406, 489 N.W.2d 631 (Ct. App. 1992).
59.692 Annotation The private right to fill lakebeds granted under s. 30.11 does not preempt the zoning power of a county over shorelands under this section. State v. Land Concepts, Ltd., 177 Wis. 2d 24, 501 N.W.2d 817 (Ct. App. 1993).
59.692 Annotation The legal standard of unnecessary hardship requires that the property owner demonstrate that without a variance there is no reasonable use for the property. When the property owner has a reasonable use for the property, the statute takes precedence and the variance should be denied. State v. Kenosha County Board of Adjustment, 218 Wis. 2d 396, 577 N.W.2d 813 (1998), 96-1235. See also State v. Outagamie, 2001 WI 78, 244 Wis. 2d 613, 628 N.W.2d 376, 98-1046.
59.692 Annotation The burden is on the applicant for a variance to demonstrate through evidence that without the variance the applicant is prevented from enjoying any reasonable use of the property. State ex rel. Spinner v. Kenosha County Board of Adjustment, 223 Wis. 2d 99, 588 N.W.2d 662 (Ct. App. 1998), 97-2094.
59.692 Annotation The state, in administering the Fair Housing Act, may not order a zoning board to issue a variance based on characteristics unique to the landowner rather than the land. County of Sawyer Zoning Board v. DWD, 231 Wis. 2d 534, 605 N.W.2d 627 (Ct. App. 1999), 99-0707.
59.692 Annotation In evaluating whether to grant an area variance to a zoning ordinance, a board of adjustment should focus on the purpose of the zoning law at issue in determining whether an unnecessary hardship exists for the property owner seeking the variance. The facts of the case should be analyzed in light of that purpose, and boards of adjustment must be afforded flexibility so that they may appropriately exercise their discretion. State v. Waushara County Board of Adjustment, 2004 WI 56, 271 Wis. 2d 547, 679 N.W.2d 514, 02-2400.
59.692 Annotation The term "floor area" in sub. (1v) (b) unambiguously encompasses only the surface portion of a deck's floorboards and, therefore, does not include portions of the deck's support system that extend beyond the floorboards. If a portion of a structure is outside the setback area, that part is not in the setback area and it is not the portion "extending into" that area for purposes of calculating the 200 square foot restriction in sub. (1v) (b). Propp v. Sauk County Board of Adjustment, 2010 WI App 25, 323 Wis. 2d 495, 779 N.W.2d 705, 09-0209.
59.692 Annotation Appellants appropriately relied on the county's zoning map to identify the ordinary high water mark of a nearby lake and determine that the sign's proposed location was outside the county's 1,000 foot zone of shoreland authority. It was reasonable for the appellant to rely on the map rather than conduct on-site measurements. Oneida County v. Collins Outdoor Advertising, Inc., 2011 WI App 60, 333 Wis. 2d 216, 798 N.W.2d 724, 10-0084.
59.692 Annotation By enactment of this section and s. 281.31, the legislature intended that towns would not have authority to regulate shorelands except where such regulation fell within the language of sub. (2) (b) [now sub. (2) (b), (bg), and (bm)]. That statutory scheme does not distinguish between towns with village powers and those without. Hegwood v. Town of Eagle Zoning Board of Appeals, 2013 WI App 118, 351 Wis. 2d 196, 839 N.W.2d 111, 12-2058.
59.692 Annotation Although they often work together, zoning and subdivision regulations provide separate and distinct means of regulating the development of land. There are areas of overlap between the two powers, but there are also key differences. Subdivision control is concerned with the initial division of undeveloped land, while zoning more specifically regulates the further use of this land. State ex rel. Anderson v. Town of Newbold, 2021 WI 6, 395 Wis. 2d 351, 954 N.W.2d 323, 18-0547.
59.692 Annotation In this case, the town's ordinance set minimum lot frontage requirements for each lake within its borders. Pursuant to the Zwiefelhofer, 2012 WI 7, factors, the town's ordinance was not a zoning ordinance. It did not concern land use, and it did not separate compatible and incompatible land uses, which is a key purpose of a zoning ordinance. Because it was not a zoning ordinance, the restrictions on town enactment of zoning ordinances set by this section did not apply, and the ordinance was a permissible exercise of the town's subdivision authority pursuant to s. 236.45. State ex rel. Anderson v. Town of Newbold, 2021 WI 6, 395 Wis. 2d 351, 954 N.W.2d 323, 18-0547.
59.692 Annotation County floodplain zoning ordinances may be adopted under s. 59.971 [now this section] and do not require the approval of town boards in order to become effective within the unincorporated areas of the county. 62 Atty. Gen. 264.
59.692 Annotation Counties may zone lands located within 300 feet of an artificial ditch that is navigable in fact. 63 Atty. Gen. 57.
59.692 Annotation County shoreland zoning of unincorporated areas adopted under s. 59.971 [now this section] is not superseded by municipal extraterritorial zoning under s. 62.23 (7a). Discussing ss. 59.971, 62.23 (7) and (7a), and 144.26 [now s. 281.31]. Municipal extraterritorial zoning within shorelands is effective insofar as it is consistent with, or more restrictive than, the county shoreland zoning regulations. 63 Atty. Gen. 69.
59.692 Annotation A county may not enact a shoreland zoning ordinance without a provision regulating nonconforming uses that have been discontinued for 12 months or longer. A county may enact an ordinance without the 50 percent provision under s. 59.69 (10) (a) [now s. 59.69 (10) (am)], in which case common law controls. OAG 2-97.
59.692 Annotation A county is not prohibited from imposing elements of its general zoning ordinance in the shorelands in a town even if the town has not adopted the county's general zoning ordinance under s. 59.69 (5) (c), so long as those elements are consistent with this section. OAG 1-19.
59.692 Annotation The Necessity of Zoning Variance or Amendments Notice to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Under the Shoreland Zoning and Navigable Waters Protection Acts. Whipple. 57 MLR 25 (1973).
59.692 Annotation Wisconsin's Shoreland Management Program: An Assessment with Implications for Effective Natural Resources Management and Protection. Kuczenski. 1999 WLR 273.
59.692 Annotation On the Waterfront: New Shoreland Zoning Laws. Kent. Wis. Law. Jan. 2017.
59.693 59.693 Construction site erosion control and storm water management zoning.
59.693(1)(1) Definition. In this section, "department" means the department of natural resources.
59.693(2) (2) Authority to enact ordinance. To effect the purposes of s. 281.33 and to promote the public health, safety and general welfare, a county may enact a zoning ordinance, that is applicable to all of its unincorporated area, except as provided in s. 60.627 (2) (b), for construction site erosion control at sites described in s. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. a. and b. and for storm water management. This ordinance may be enacted separately from ordinances enacted under s. 59.69. An ordinance enacted under this subsection is subject to the strict conformity requirements under s. 281.33 (3m).
59.693(4) (4) Applicability of county zoning provisions; town approval.
59.693(4)(a)(a) Except as otherwise specified in this section, s. 59.69 applies to any ordinance or amendment to an ordinance enacted under this section, but an ordinance or amendment to an ordinance enacted under this section does not require approval and is not subject to disapproval by any town or town board.
59.693(4)(b) (b) Variances and appeals regarding construction site erosion control and storm water management regulations under this section are to be determined by the board of adjustment for that county. Procedures under s. 59.694 apply to these determinations.
59.693(4)(c) (c) An ordinance enacted under this section supersedes all provisions of an ordinance enacted under s. 59.69 that relate to construction site erosion control or storm water management regulation.
59.693(6) (6) Applicability of comprehensive zoning plan or general zoning ordinance. Ordinances that are enacted under this section shall accord and be consistent with any comprehensive zoning plan or general zoning ordinance applicable to the enacting counties, so far as practicable.
59.693(7) (7) Applicability of local subdivision regulation. All powers granted to a county under s. 236.45 may be exercised by the county with respect to construction site erosion control at sites described in s. 281.33 (3) (a) 1. a. and b. or with respect to storm water management regulation, if the county has or provides a county planning agency as defined in s. 236.02 (3).
59.693(8) (8) Applicability to local governments and agencies. An ordinance that is enacted under this section is applicable to activities conducted by a unit of local government and an agency of that unit of government. An ordinance that is enacted under this section is not applicable to activities conducted by an agency, as defined under s. 227.01 (1) but also including the office of district attorney, which is subject to the state plan promulgated or a memorandum of understanding entered into under s. 281.33 (2).
59.693(9) (9) Intergovernmental cooperation.
59.693(9)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (c), s. 66.0301 applies to this section, but for the purposes of this section an agreement under s. 66.0301 shall be effected by ordinance.
59.693(9)(b) (b) If a county is served by a regional planning commission under s. 66.0309 and if the commission consents, the county may empower the commission by ordinance to administer an ordinance that is enacted under this section throughout the county, whether or not the area otherwise served by the commission includes all of that county.
59.693(9)(c) (c) If the board of commissioners of the Dane County Lakes and Watershed Commission consents, Dane County may empower the commission by ordinance to administer an ordinance that is enacted under this section whether or not the area otherwise served by the commission includes all of Dane County. Section 66.0301 does not apply to this paragraph.
59.693(10) (10) Validity upon annexation. An ordinance that is enacted under this section by a county that is in effect in an area immediately before the area is annexed by a city or village continues in effect in the area after annexation unless the city or village enacts, maintains and enforces a city or village ordinance which complies with minimum standards established by the department and which is at least as restrictive as the county ordinance enacted under this section. If, after providing notice and conducting a hearing on the matter, the department determines that an ordinance that is enacted by a city or village which is applicable to the annexed area does not meet these standards or is not as restrictive as the county ordinance, the department shall issue an order declaring the city or village ordinance void and reinstating the applicability of the county ordinance to the annexed area.
59.693(11) (11) Utility facilities.
59.693(11)(a)(a) In this subsection, "facility" means any property or equipment of a public utility, as defined in s. 196.01 (5), or a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of producing or furnishing heat, light, or power to its members only, that is used for the transmission, delivery, or furnishing of natural gas, heat, light, or power.
59.693(11)(b) (b) The construction and maintenance of a facility is considered to satisfy the requirements of this section and any county ordinance enacted under this section if any of the following applies:
59.693(11)(b)1. 1. The department has issued all required permits or approvals authorizing the construction or maintenance under ch. 30, 31, 281, or 283.
59.693(11)(b)2. 2. No department permit or approval under subd. 1. is required for the construction or maintenance and the construction or maintenance is conducted in a manner that employs best management practices to infiltrate or otherwise control storm water runoff from the facility.
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Intelligent buildings, the Internet of Things (IoT); you've heard of them, but how are they impacting facilities at colleges and universities? Facilities managers may ponder this question, then place it on the back burner to be answered another day. As these new technologies progress, however, the power and versatility they offer campus facilities are growing at an exponential rate and can revolutionize elements of the FM's job.
The IoT is largely utilized for network management—ensuring there is enough bandwidth to handle all traffic on a campus network—but there are new uses starting to come into clearer focus for the technology. Integration and analytics are two important processes the IoT can deliver in conjunction with intelligent buildings.
These uses of analytics and integration with the IoT are now spanning everything from ensuring a campus is safe and secure to managing elements of campus sustainability programs. Many institutions are realizing the value of the IoT in connection with connected, or "intelligent," buildings. The potential of these buildings seems limitless for tracking energy use and the presence of students within a facility.
What is an intelligent building? In short, an intelligent building is one that relies on the automation of various processes to control everything from temperature, to lighting, to ambient noise levels. The automated processes responsible for controlling these elements are largely regulated using the IoT, a network of devices, sensors, and other physical elements that connect the physical world with the digital world.
While the definition provide a basic framework for what intelligent buildings are and how they work, it barely scratches the surface of how they may benefit the campus facilities department.
How does this connectedness benefit campus facilities managers? The most important element for many campuses is security. Intelligent buildings and the IoT offer many features that make safety and security easier to manage. Integrated fire and security systems use sensors and the Internet to monitor everything from occupancy to lighting in an effort to keep campus spaces safe. Even a connection to first responders can be made by an intelligent building system, saving time in an emergency.
THE FUTURE IS NOW. Intelligent buildings offer facility managers controls and information— including remote operation, monitoring, and data analytics—that may seem to spring from the realm of science fiction. Many facility executives have not yet begun to take full advantage of the opportunities intelligent buildings present. Reasons include existing systems in older buildings that do not permit interoperability, and retrofits that are not in the budget. Still, even small steps towards integrating basic building systems, without major financial investment, are moving facilities in the right direction for improved functionality, efficiency, and occupant comfort and safety.
Intelligent buildings and the IoT can determine space occupancy at any given time. "Foot traffic and WiFi traffic can be measured based on WiFi use, and that is important," Groves states. Measuring how many people pass through a space or are in a space matters when it comes to installing security measures or creating an emergency plan.
Take, for instance, the lighting in a building. On many campuses, lights stay on all day, even into the late evening hours (if not all night). There are, however, ways to cut costs. Solar-powered halogen lights are one intelligent option, according to Groves, along with replacing LEDs with intelligent motion-sensing lights. "They go off in the middle of the night. If anyone walks under them they go on—it's win/win for security and energy management. Colleges could save so much money with intelligent lighting," he adds.
Along with intelligent lighting options, there exist intelligent windows that can control how much light is let into a building via sensors, lessening the need for excessive indoor lighting by maximizing the power of natural light. Many intelligent buildings are also able to sense temperatures in various spaces, and make adjustments accordingly. "Higher education facilities managers are now starting to mine and analyze the historic data from both building systems and work management systems to better understand and manage building systems performance and asset maintenance and renewal cycles," notes Guckert.
Additionally, these systems are able to store data over time, allowing FMs and other facilities decision makers to analyze the data and make changes that promote long-term sustainability and savings.
Whereas a facility manger would walk a building and check for burnt-out lights or defective fire alarms, the IoT has that covered. Managers can perform these checks from anywhere, and in less time. There is also the ability to analyze whether or not certain building elements are necessary or working in certain locations. Rather than just discussing and arguing the merits, a facility management department can sit down and look at relevant data to see what is working and what is not.
That is one of the advantages of the IoT—it allows facility managers and administrators to look at various data points and make decisions that will make sense, both financially and otherwise. This is where analytics comes into play. Institutions can look at real-time updated data to make decisions on things as seemingly miniscule as whether or not two or three lights are on in a room during the afternoon. Many small choices such as this can lead up to a big boost in sustainability, security, and savings.
With the potential cost savings and other advantages, why aren't all colleges taking advantage of the IoT? JB Groves has a few ideas. "There is a gap in lots of skills and experience when it comes to intelligent buildings and IoT," he says. "Training is so important, getting staff familiar with what it actually does and can offer." The challenge with getting everyone on board comes from the fact that so many instrumental campus employees have varied technological backgrounds.
In some cases, it helps to assemble a "technology board" that can explore and assess the benefits intelligent buildings and IoT technologies could bring to your campus. This would also be the place to discuss which elements of campus management (security, sustainability, etc.) would benefit most from IoT integration. Having subject matter experts give classes and presentations on the benefits of intelligent buildings for your staff or technology board can help win buy-in. Understanding the benefits are important, notes Groves, as well as understanding how to use the systems; the benefit of classes and presentations is two-fold.
Another strategy that can help is to collect use cases from other colleges and universities that are benefitting from intelligent building technology. Having detailed benefits and a visual of how those are being achieved can make quite a difference in departmental buy-in across the institution.
The IoT, with all of the recent press, is clearly growing in popularity and widespread use. Getting facility manager buy-in can greatly enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of an entire department, as well as the campus at large. Where the technology is going is still being honed; the benefits it can provide buildings and campuses are worthy of giving it consideration, no matter what size or shape your campus takes.
This article originally appeared in the October 2018 issue of College Planning & Management.


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St. Paul Jr. B Canadiens plan for open tryouts this fall
Meredith Kerr April 12, 2021	Sports
Shawn Germain is continuing on as the head coach of the St. Paul Jr. B Canadiens in 2021-2022, and excited to keep building the hockey program through an open try out for the team this fall.
"Two years ago was a big step forward and then we felt like we made another step forward with some of the recruiting that we did and the start that we had. Obviously that got cut short, but I think I can speak for everybody when I say we feel like we have a little bit of finished business," said Germain.
According to Germain, six or seven previous players are going on to play at higher levels next year, so there are only about 12 or 13 who are committed to coming back to play next season.
He said having that many open spaces on the roster does make it more challenging for the team in terms of recruitment but they're still very proud of the success of their alumni.
"Obviously Brad Mistol has had some early success with the Pontiacs. Wherever he ends up we're absolutely thrilled for him, because that's what we want is this program to become something that feeds the higher levels," said Germain.
According to Germain, plans are already being made to run hockey schools in the fall in St. Paul, Saddle Lake, and a number of other smaller communities in the area if there's interest.
"Last year we did kind of an invite only type, but we're going to go pretty open this year because I feel like there's a lot of kids that may have fallen through the cracks because they lost a year. So we'd like to open that up a little bit, give kids an opportunity to come up and show us what they got," said Germain.
Minor hockey was unable to have their season in 2020-2021 because of COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta. While restrictions were at one point eased enough that they could have practices, teams were limited to 10 people on the ice at a time and didn't get to play against any other teams. The Canadiens had their season cut short following a home and away pair of 6-2 wins over the Vermilion Tigers in October.
According to the league's rules, they can have up to two 16-year-olds on the team and four 21-year-olds, but the anyone who is 21 has to have played with the team during the previous season.
"And that's just so you can't stack the team with four guys that played junior the year before," said Germain.
He said Tysne Stanski, Zandro Luck-Palliotto, and Janson Pashniak will be the oldest players on the team.
According to Germain, a lot is still wait and see and dependent on what happens with the COVID-19 variants and the province's vaccination program.
"You're going to have the group of kids that really found that they missed it a lot and they're going to have that itch really bad coming back next year. I know as a former player, whenever September rolled around I always got that itch to want to play again. I still get that itch from time to time. So I think if anything, it might make some guys hungrier and really prepare for next season," said Germain.
He added he's also not sure how practical a 10-player session will be for the team and would much rather get together with everyone when they can all be together again.
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Government Brief Says Confirming Whether Guantánamo Lawyers are Illegally Spied Upon is National Security Threat
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June 5, 2008, New York – Late yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) received the government's reply brief in their case demanding that the government comply with requests to turn over all records related to the NSA's warrantless wiretapping of attorneys who represent detainees at Guantánamo. The brief states that confirming or denying the illegal wiretapping would have "exceptionally grave consequences for the national security of the United States."
Wilner v. NSA is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of 23 attorneys – including CCR staff attorneys Gitanjali Gutierrez and Wells Dixon, as well as law professors and partners at prominent international law firms – who believe they may have been the subjects of the NSA's illegal warrantless wiretapping program that began shortly after September 11, 2001.
Not only have both the National Security Agency and the Department of Justice refused to turn over documents, they have refused to acknowledge whether or not those documents exist. The government brief invoked the threat of North Korea and Iran, writing that "any information available to a FOIA requester is similarly available to 'North Korea's secret police and Iran's counterintelligence service too.' These and other 'hostile entities,' including agents of al Qaeda and its affiliates, would no doubt be greatly interested in an official and public confirmation or denial whether they are any other individual…were or were not subjected to surveillance under the TSP."
"This filing lays bare the ridiculous reasoning used by the government to justify its so-called war on terror," said CCR Executive Director Vincent Warren. "Lumping American attorneys in with North Korea and Iran is laughable, but it has serious consequences for the men at Guantánamo that we represent."
In May of this year, the 23 attorneys who are plaintiffs in Wilner submitted declarations opposing the government's motion for summary judgment. The declarations detailed the obstacles they have faced in trying to properly represent their clients due to the existence of the NSA program, in some cases including facts they believe indicate they are being surveilled.
As attorneys whose jobs involve suing the federal government and working with clients and witnesses located overseas, they believe they fit the profile of individuals who would be spied on under the warrantless program as described by the government. The likelihood that they are under surveillance has forced them to turn to more expensive substitutes for phone calls and emails, such as traveling overseas to meet witnesses face-to-face in order to assure confidentiality and attorney-client privilege.
"As an attorney, I need to be able to assure my clients, their family members, and other attorneys overseas that my communications with them are protected," said CCR attorney and plaintiff Gitanjali Gutierrez. "It is a tremendous intrusion on my ability to adequately represent my clients if I am not able to guarantee something that basic – that the government is not eavesdropping on our calls."
Attorneys say in the declarations that they have had guards at Guantánamo mention personal information they had not shared, been told by other government officials that it was very likely they were being wiretapped, and in general believe that their privileged communications are being reviewed by the government.
CCR filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on May 17, 2007. Chicago-based law firm Butler Rubin Saltarelli & Boyd and the Institute for Public Representation at Georgetown University Law Center are co-counsel in this case.
For more information on Wilner v. NSA and complete filings, see the Wilner v. NSA case page.
CCR has led the legal battle over Guantanamo for the last six years – sending the first ever habeas attorney to the base and sending the first attorney to meet with a former CIA "ghost detainee." CCR has been responsible for organizing and coordinating more than 500 pro bono lawyers across the country in order to represent the men at Guantanamo, ensuring that nearly all have the option of legal representation. CCR represented the detainees with co-counsel in the most recent argument before the Supreme Court on December 5, 2007.
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Information technology has the potential to increase the pace of scientific progress by helping researchers in formulating, publishing and finding information. There are numerous projects that employ ontologies and Semantic Web technologies towards this goal. However, the number of applications that have found widespread use among biomedical researchers is still surprisingly small. In this paper we present the aTag ('associative tags') convention, which aims to drastically lower the entry barriers to the biomedical Semantic Web. aTags are short snippets of HTML+RDFa with embedded RDF/OWL based on the Semantically Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC) vocabulary and domain ontologies and taxonomies, such as the Open Biomedical Ontologies and DBpedia. The structure of aTags is very simple: a short piece of human-readable text that is 'tagged' with relevant ontological entities. This paper describes our efforts for seeding the creation of a viable ecosystem of datasets, tools and services around aTags.
The aTags convention enables the rapid development of diverse, integrated datasets and semantically interoperable applications. More work needs to be done to study the practicability of this approach in different use-case scenarios, and to encourage uptake of the convention by other groups.
A common challenge faced by biomedical researchers and clinicians is to quickly get an overview of publications and database entries for a certain biomedical topic, and to identify relevant, valid facts, research trends and contradictory findings from diverse sets of information sources. From here on, we will refer to this process as "key assertion integration".
Novel information technologies might enable researchers to conduct these tasks in a more efficient and reliable manner. For example, Semantic Web technologies and ontologies hold the promise to enable the creation of smarter software systems that facilitate key assertion integration through better structuring of information, shared standards, clear semantics and global interlinking of data. These technologies have undergone remarkable progress in recent years. For instance, the Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) Foundry  and the BioPortal offered by the National Center for Biomedical Ontology (NCBO)  make a vast array of biomedical ontologies of great detail and high quality available to the public. Large, integrated biomedical knowledge bases have been created using the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and the Web Ontology Language (OWL), such as the Neurocommons Knowledge Base [3, 4] or the knowledge base  of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Health Care and Life Science Interest Group (HCLSIG) . The Linked Data community  created a global network of RDF/OWL resources that consists of billions of statements, with each resource being available for fine-grained access based on established web standards.
However, there is still a widely recognized lack of applications that empower end-users to access, add and link to this structured, ontology-based information on the web. While many current biomedical RDF/OWL resources offer a wealth of valuable information, their structures are often highly complex and heterogeneous. Even though diverse datasets are interlinked and similarly formalized through RDF/OWL, the complexity and stylistic differences between them make it hard for developers to create applications that are both user-friendly and flexible enough to work with them without extensive customization .
In this paper we introduce a convention for using existing Semantic Web standards, vocabularies and ontologies in a way that is decidedly less complex and easier to implement in diverse software applications. We call this convention aTag ('associative tag').
The hypothesis that drives the aTag developments is that semi-structured data can be sufficient to tackle many realistic biomedical use-cases, and that simpler data structures are easier to integrate, understand and use than more complex ones. This hypothesis is inspired by experiences we made with creating, integrating and using large-scale ontology-based information repositories in recent years. In the case of aTags, a set of ontological entities is used to describe biomedical statements without capturing the actual relationships (RDF properties) between those entities.
The aTag project is carried out in cooperation with the BioRDF task force  of the aforementioned HCLSIG and in cooperation with the "Hypotheses, Evidence & Relationships" (HypER) group [10, 11].
aTags are normally serialized as short snippets of HTML inside a web page. They contain embedded RDF/OWL statements, based on the new RDFa standard . RDFa makes it possible to embed simple RDF/OWL statements or even entire ontologies within HTML documents, re-using existing HTML elements where possible. Thus human-readable and machine-readable information can be unified in a single document, making it easy to re-use and extend existing systems, such as web-based database front ends and content management systems. Figure 1 exemplifies how aTags embedded on a web page look like.
aTags embedded on the HTML page of a personal blog, viewed in a normal web browser. An exemplary aTag is highlighted in this figure, its source code and embedded RDF/OWL statements are detailed in this paper.
aTags do not depend on any new vocabularies but are based on reusing the popular SIOC vocabulary  combined with entities from established ontologies and taxonomies, such as OBO ontologies or DBpedia [14, 15]. These entities are used to annotate short snippets of text containing assertions.
The HTML code of the aTag highlighted in Figure 1 is shown in Figure 2 (slightly simplified to improve readability).
Representation of an exemplary aTag in HTML syntax. The exact formatting and style of the aTag can be varied.
Besides RDFa, aTags can also be encoded with other standard RDF serialisations such as RDF/XML or Turtle , although RDFa is recommended to facilitate accessibility through common web browsers. The RDF statements contained in the snippet of HTML from Figure 2 are shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4.
Representation of an exemplary aTag in Turtle syntax.
Representation of an exemplary aTag in Turtle syntax. A neighbouring aTag and parts of the entity hierarchy of DBpedia and the Gene Ontology are displayed as well, demonstrating the interconnectedness of aTags through shared identifiers.
The number of ontological entities that can be used to 'tag' a specific aTag is not limited in any way. While the three tags used for the exemplary aTag shown above resemble a typical subject-predicate-object triple, the number of tags can also be smaller or larger, and the tags do not need to follow a subject-predicate-object pattern. This makes it possible to represent even complex statements without creating convoluted RDF graphs. For example, a statement such as "Protein A interacts with protein B in tissue C at time D" could be represented as an aTag that is tagged with five entities: 'Protein A', 'molecular interaction', 'protein B', 'tissue C', 'time D'. Albeit not all relationships between the entities are explicitly encoded, a wide variety of queries could be answered with a dataset that is made up of aTags following this pattern. In comparison, trying to fully represent the statement above with explicit RDF triples (e.g., using the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO)  and the Relation Ontology ) would result in an RDF graph that would be quite complex and significantly more difficult to query.
Obviously, this type of representation cannot capture all the details of complex assertions. For example, a small interaction network containing more than two proteins that interact in more than one manner cannot be represented as an aTag without information loss. Such limitations to expressivity are consciously accepted, based on the rationale that in many scenarios the gain in utility by keeping things simple outweighs the loss in utility by limited expressivity.
Creating an aTag out of a PubMed abstract inside the web browser, using the aTag bookmarklet. The simple statement "Huperzine A acts as a non-competitive antagonist of the NMDA receptor" is captured by tagging with the DBpedia entity 'Huperzine A', the OBO Gene Ontology entity 'receptor antagonist activity' and the DBpedia entity 'NMDA receptor'.
The RDFa embedded within the HTML is also carried along when parts of web documents are copied and pasted to other locations, making it possible to re-arrange and merge datasets with the ease of re-arranging free text in a What-You-See-is-What-You-Get (WYSWYG) editor.
To date, several biomedical datasets based on aTags are available (see Table 1). The data sources are also collected on a web page that can be found at . All data sources listed here have also been integrated into the Health Care and Life Science Knowledge Base  and can be queried through a SPARQL endpoint.
Currently available data sources in aTag format.
Drug side-effect data. Size: 100,000 RDF statements.
Receptor-ligand interactions quantified by Ki value, emphasis on data about psychoactive substances.
Conclusion sections extracted from PubMed abstracts, annotated with Medical Subject Headings. Size: 1,8 million RDF statements.
User-generated content, mostly curated from scientific texts on the web, created with the aTag bookmarklet. Contains curated statements in diverse domains such as pharmacology and neuroscience.
ChEBI: Chemical Entities of Biological Interest. MeSH: Medical Subjct Headings. PDSP: Psychoactive Drug Screening Programme. SKOS: Simple Knowledge Organisation System.
Several hundreds of thousands of aTags have been extracted from conclusion sections of PubMed abstracts. The SIDER dataset contains aTags that were generated out of a structured database, SIDER , describing associations between drugs and side-effects that were reported for these drugs. aTags have also been derived from the Psychoactive Drugs Screening Programme (PDSP) Ki Database, which contains quantitative data about ligand-receptor interactions , primarily of psychoactive substances.
aTags can be automatically generated out of unstructured text on-the-fly by using the Science Commons Text annotation service . In its current form, this service accepts a PubMed query or a PubMed ID, and returns the resulting PubMed abstracts as HTML where each sentence is annotated with an aTag (Figure 6). Entities in each sentence are recognized by calling the external Whatizit web service [23, 24] offered by the European Bioinformatics Institute, linking the resulting aTags to the Gene Ontology, ChEBI, some smaller OBO ontologies, Uniprot and the NCBI Taxonomy. Functionality to submit free text to the web service is in preparation.
The Science Commons Text Annotation service can automatically generate aTags out of sentences in PubMed abstracts.
Documents containing aTags can be found with Semantic Web search engines such as Sindice [25, 26]. Collections of aTags that are located on a single web page can be easily made accessible for generic faceted browsing with SIMILE Exhibit . Since aTags distributed over the web use shared identifiers, aTags at different locations are interlinked with each other, as well as with expressive domain ontologies and Linked Data resources. This makes it possible to search, explore and query aTags in a very sophisticated manner. This is exemplified by Visinav  (Figure 7), which crawls interlinked RDF/OWL on the web and allows for faceted searching over the aggregated data from these distributed resources.
Faceted browsing of aggregated data from aTags, DBpedia and OBO ontologies on the web, crawled and visualized by Visinav.
A dedicated, user-friendly interface for convenient faceted browsing of aTags found on the web is the aTag Explorer (Figure 8). It is accessible through a web interface at  (currently supporting all browsers except Internet Explorer). The aTag Explorer allows users to navigate aTags through text search, narrowing and expanding result sets based on taxonomies/ontologies, and moving between entities that are connected by key assertions.
Navigating through key assertions from various data sources with the aTag Explorer web interface. Here, a user did a text search for the drug 'varenicline', then restricted results to those statements that deal with 'Tobacco Use Cessation' by selecting a facet value. The tags / facet values for each statement are terms from terminologies / ontologies such as MeSH and DBpedia. The 'Broader tags' for each statement are inferred by the system from these terminologies / ontologies. This makes it possible to identify links between statements that are not explicitly contained in the source literature and datasets.
The user types "Pfizer" into the search text field an hits enter (normal keyword search).
The search results are more diverse than expected, including persons and institutions. The user selects 'drug' in the 'broader tags' facet to narrow down the result set (exploratory search).
The result set is updated and shows several drugs developed or manufactured by Pfizer. The 'tags' facet now contains a list of names of these drugs, while the 'broader tags' facet contains a list of drug classes drawn from the underlying taxonomies / ontologies (e.g., out of the drugs in the current result set, two are antibiotics, one is a statin, et cetera). In scenarios like this one, these lists of facet values do not only serve the purpose of narrowing down search results, but can provide valuable information in themselves.
Now, the users wants to retrieve more detailed information about a particular drug in the result set, Celecoxib, by clicking on the tag. All information in the knowledge base about Celecoxib is shown, including several reported side-effects for this medication. Celecoxib is classified as a 'pyrazole' in the 'broader tags' facet.
By applying the procedures of keyword search, inspecting 'tags' and 'broader tags', narrowing down on tags, shifting the focus by selecting related entities, and un-focusing the search by removing selected facet values, the researcher can now obtain information pyrazole drugs manufactured by other companies, and compare their side effects and indications.
Besides these general-purpose aTag search interfaces, there are also more specialized solutions under preparation. For example, Jun Zhao from the University of Oxford created a search interface for aTags specialized to herbal medicines .
The SWAN Scientific Discourse Ontology [31, 32] is currently applied in several biomedical projects. Its representation of scientific assertions resembles the aTag convention, but it also contains additional vocabulary, e.g., for the representation of agreement and disagreement between statements. SWAN has recently been mapped to SIOC as part of the work of the W3C Health Care and Life Science Interest group. We plan to make the developments around aTags compatible with SWAN and try to further interlink both efforts.
The aTags extracted from PubMed conclusion sections can be compared to a variety of sentence-based, whole-abstract search systems include I-HOP , Wikigenes  and MedEvi . While these systems provide far better coverage, the search results contain a lot of unwanted noise produced by statements derived from introduction, methods and results sections of abstracts, producing results that are often not very relevant, unintelligible outside of the context of the entire text, or very redundant (e.g., introduction sections of abstracts often re-iterate the same fact again and again). In comparison, the statements derived by extracting conclusion sections seem to contain far less noise and might provide much better user satisfaction, even though coverage is drastically lower. Further research is needed to characterize these differences in a more objective and quantifiable manner.
Converting additional data from existing structured, biomedical databases into aTags.
Adding a 'tag recommender' function to the aTag generator by integrating the Open Biomedical Annotator web service  of NCBO.
Creating a mapping between OBO ontologies and DBpedia.
A long-term goal of this work is to drive the integration of aTags or similar RDFa-based means for key assertion integration into the scientific publication process. First advances towards the establishment of 'structured digital abstracts' as part of biomedical publications have already been undertaken, as exemplified by the FEBS Letters experiment . In this experiment, authors submitting papers to the molecular biology journal FEBS Letters were called on to submit a structured digital abstract alongside their manuscript, detailing molecular interactions reported in the paper in a machine-readable way. While this and other existing initiatives are important steps forward, they are still lacking interfaces that are easy to use for authors (leading to low compliance by users) and fail to use interlinked, standards-based and semantically rich formats (not realizing the full potential of the structured information). The use of simple, RDFa-based representation formats as outlined in this paper could help to drive the establishment of structured digital abstracts.
Readers that are interested in creating or consuming aTags to solve problems in their particular domains are encouraged to contact the authors of this paper.
Technical details about the tools and datasets are described below.
The aTags generator is based on an Ajax interface and server-side PHP code. Apache Solr  (which is based on Apache Lucene ) is used for the autocompletion of entity tags. Solr/Lucene allows for optimizing the relevance of suggested tags by elaborate ranking based on contextual cues and ontological structures.
aTags were created from existing structured databases through PHP scripts that processed dumps of the original databases.
The Science Commons text annotation service is a RESTful web service written in Python. When invoked, it submits input to the Whatizit SOAP web service hosted at the European Bioinformatics institute. The XML result retrieved from the Whatizit service is parsed, ontology identifiers are mapped to URIs of the RDF/OWL versions of the respective ontologies, and a HTML+RDFa page is generated.
In a sizeable fraction of PubMed abstracts, the narrative of the abstract is clearly delineated by explicit section headers ('INTRODUCTION:', 'METHODS:', 'RESULTS:', 'CONCLUSIONS:'). A search in PubMed reveals that ~ 1,7 million abstracts contain the words 'conclusion' or 'conclusions' (out of a total of ~ 19 million citations indexed in PubMed). Most of these abstracts really do contain a clearly delineated conclusion section. This means that a huge corpus of biomedical abstracts with explicit conclusion sections exists, covering a broad area of knowledge domains.
This yields 58.000 results. Note that removing the constraint for 'conclusion' or 'conclusions' in this query would increase the number of results to 430.000, which means that roughly 1/7th of the abstracts for this topic contain an explicit conclusion sections.
3) The conclusion sections are then extracted and turned into aTags serialized in Turtle format. For this trial, each aTag was annotated with the MeSH terms associated with the article. In future work, this could be enhanced or replaced with annotations created by automated entity recognition (e.g., BioPortal webservice or EBI Whatizit) or manual curation.
Thanks to all participants of the W3C Health Care and Life Science interest group. Special thanks to Kei Cheung, Tim Clark, Susie Stephens and M. Scott Marshall for the organization of the interest group. Thanks to Anita de Waard for organizing the HypER group. Thanks to Andreas Harth (DERI Galway) for setting up the Visinav system. The work presented in this paper has been funded in part by the Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. SFI/08/CE/I1380 (Lion-2) and by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Austria.
MS is leading the aTag project, developed the aTag applications and created the aTag datasets. HS assisted with programming and web design.


Apple employees to get free iPod shuffle; disassembly images appear online.
Apple employees are to receive a free iPod shuffle for Christmas this year, a report claims.
The move reportedly extends across all Apple employees, according to the Ubergizmo website. If the report is true, it's a nice move to show a little thanks to employees after one of Apple's busiest - and most succesful - years. If you work for Apple and are reading this, be prepared for disappointment, as your company hasn't confirmed its plans.
While employees, customers and press reviewers wait to get their hands on the tiny £55 music player (which ships internationally from today), they can treat themselves to a look at what's inside the new iPod, thanks to iFixIt.
In fine Homebrew Computer Club tradition, iFixIt has taken an iPod shuffle to see what's inside the diminutive device, which seems to contain a lithium ion battery, an ARM processor with an Apple logo on it, memory and an AAC chip.


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Thursday, January 10th, 2008 By Leo Azambuja
The New Face of Paddlers
New ownership shifts bar philosophy.
By Léo Azambuja
Just a couple months ago Paddlers' Inn changed ownership. The new owner, Kamuela Kamakana, has already made it clear that the long-standing restaurant and bar will be more emphasized toward families.
Since Kamakana took over the business, he has already implemented several changes; new kitchen and bar equipment, new furniture, new patio covers, and new computer system. The floors will be redone soon, and the bathrooms will go through renovations.
The menus have already changed. Paddlers has three chefs, and everyday there is fresh fish available on the menu. The fish "are literally brought in by the tail," Kamakana said.
But perhaps the biggest change might just be in the heart of the business. "I really want it to be more like a family oriented place where families can enjoy their meals together." Kamakana said.
"The main thing is that this is a restaurant, a place to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner," Kamakana said. But the bar will still be open until 1 a.m. There will still be karaoke nights, concerts, and fundraisers too. Recently Paddlers sponsored a poker tournament on Tuesday nights, and bingo on Sundays.
One of the main concerns that Kamakana has is safety. For that reason he said there will be "zero tolerance" on loitering in the parking lot. He said that if people insist on hanging out in the parking lot, the police will be called.
Kupuna now receive a 20 percent discount just by showing their senior citizen card, and kamaaina will enjoy a 10 percent discount. Even snow birds will benefit from a 10 percent discount.
Kamakana is also planning on accepting take out orders in the future. Customers would call in, place an order, and give a description of their cars. Cameras installed in the parking lot would show when customers arrive, and their orders would be brought up straight to their cars.
On Wednesday nights is Ohana Night at Paddlers. Each child that comes in with his or hers family leaves with a book. In the short time Kamakana has been heading his business, he already distributed about 8,300 to children.
Kamakana was raised between Kaneohe and Seattle, but his family lineage can be traced back to Molokai over a century ago. Hanging on one of the walls, there's a picture of his great-grandfather Bill Kamakana, dated 1913. On another wall, there are pictures of his grandfather Henry Kamakana Sr., and his uncle, Henry Kamakana Jr., a decorated former tennis pro.
About five years ago, Kamakana was visiting Maui when he decided to hop the Molokai Ferry and came to the island for the first time. He said he felt an emotional connection with the island. The next day he bought property here.
Kamakana's mother, Haunani Kamakana, is a Molokai girl, who now lives in Washington State. But he said that as soon as he finishes building his house in Kamalo, the local wahine will return to the island.
Molokai's newest restaurateur has never worked in the restaurant business and will have his work cut out for him. But he is not short of help. The first-time restaurant owner boosted the staff to 43 employees, from only 11.
"It has been challenging," Kamakana said. But those who already had a chance to visit the new Paddlers can already see positive changes. For those who haven't been there yet, it's worth it to check it out, and bring the whole family.
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Negative risks will impact negatively on Project objectives where as positive risk response strategies are welcome and they will have a good impact on project if executed properly.
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Ill. man pleads guilty in NYC Internet poker case
A Chicago man pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Monday, admitting that he helped Internet poker companies find banks to process millions of dollars in gambling proceeds even though he knew it...
NEW YORK – A Chicago man pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Monday, admitting that he helped Internet poker companies find banks to process millions of dollars in gambling proceeds even though he knew it was illegal.
Bradley Franzen, 41, also signed a cooperation agreement, agreeing to testify if necessary at any trial to result from a government prosecution that has already caused the three largest online poker companies to shut down their U.S. operations.
Franzen was one of 11 people charged last month in the probe. He pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, accepting funds in connection with illegal gambling and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
The charges carry a potential prison term of up to 30 years but the plea agreement calls for prosecutors to recommend leniency at an Aug. 26 sentencing if Franzen cooperates fully.
Franzen admitted he illegally helped link gambling companies with banks by using shell companies and phony websites.
He said he began doing so after he was first contacted in 2009 at his Costa Rica home by an Internet poker company owner who wanted to process checks online but knew that banks were not doing so and were not permitted to accept the proceeds of Internet gambling.
Magistrate Judge Kevin Fox, who heard the plea in place of a district judge, asked Franzen if he knew how much money was processed as a result of his help.
"It was millions of dollars, but I don't know how much," Franzen said.
His lawyer, Sam Schmidt, declined to comment.
The prosecution has resulted in the shutting down of U.S. Internet gambling by PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker.
Prosecutors say the poker companies obtained about $3 billion illegally by letting people in the U.S. gamble on their websites.
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