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2019 was a momentous year of events and change in Central Asia. Here's a look at four of the most important issues reverberating in the region: the five countries and their relations with China, the perennial threat of Islamic terrorism emanating from Afghanistan, how governments can impede the flow of information by controlling the Internet, and the invasion of facial recognition technology into the region.
China-Central Asian Relations Reversing Course?
A crowd of supporters gathered outside a district courthouse in Kazakhstan's southeastern Almaty Province on December 25 to happily greet five men who had just been freed from custody after being sentenced to probation.
The Kazakhs were accused of hooliganism for their part in a fight with Chinese road-construction workers in early October that left several Chinese workers injured.
Chinese General Liu Yazhou was widely quoted as saying that 'Central Asia is the thickest piece of cake given to modern China by the heavens.'"
The five Kazakhs faced up to three years in prison, and just a few years ago they might have been handed such sentences. But not this time.
As 2019 showed, Central Asian views toward China seem to be "a-changin'."
For most of the past 20 years, many people in Central Asia have equated China with jobs and money. China signed its first big contract with Kazakhstan in 1997 to build a pipeline to bring oil from western Kazakhstan to China. Many contracts followed -- not just between China and Kazakhstan, but also with the other four Central Asian countries.
When the global economic crisis hit in 2008, China -- the neighboring giant -- was still flush with cash and anxious to invest, particularly in the region's abundant energy resources that could continue to fuel China's unbridled economic expansion.
James Nixey of Chatham House told RFE/RL in 2010 that China viewed Central Asia as a quarry [from which] to extract hydrocarbons."
In January 2011, Chinese General Liu Yazhou echoed that comment when he was widely quoted saying that "Central Asia is the thickest piece of cake given to modern China by the heavens."
Getting this thick slice of cake back to China has required substantial Chinese investment in Central Asia, much of it loans that some of those governments will be hard-pressed to repay.
Additionally, there is the matter of Chinese workers in Central Asia.
Central Asia's people have a long historical experience with the Chinese, but for most of the 20th century -- when Central Asia was part of the Soviet Union -- there was no contact due to the sealed border. So the thousands of Chinese workers employed throughout Central Asia must seem like an invasion to many.
And combined with earlier memories in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan -- where China renegotiated the post-Soviet borders and all three Central Asian states ceded land to China -- the presence of so many Chinese in Central Asia fuels speculation that Beijing may be looking to further expand China's borders.
Protests in Kazakhstan in April and May 2016 over planned land privatization were sparked by rumors that the Chinese would buy up Kazakh land.
The fight among road-construction workers in Kazakhstan in October was not the biggest clash between locals and Chinese workers in Central Asia during 2019.
In early August, a group of several hundred residents of Kyrgyzstan's northern Naryn Province attacked Chinese workers from the Zhong Ji Mining Company. At least 47 Chinese workers were injured.
And Central Asian debt to China is a problem people are increasingly aware of, particularly in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Nearly half of Kyrgyzstan's external debt and more than 35 percent of Tajikistan's is owed to China.
In Kyrgyzstan's case, the issue has received added attention due to the fiasco over the repair and upgrade of the thermal power plant that powers the capital, Bishkek.
China provided some $386 million for the work, but in January 2018 the plant broke down just months after operations resumed. A subsequent investigation determined nearly $100 million of the invested money had been siphoned off. And Kyrgyzstan may have to eventually pay China some $493 million to cover their debt.
In Tajikistan's case, the $331 million China's Eximbank loaned to build a thermal power plant in Dushanbe is being paid off, according to a November report, by granting Chinese companies mining rights to two gold deposits that some estimate contain 64 tons of gold.
Anti-Chinese sentiment is further stoked in Central Asia by Beijing's policies toward Muslims in China's western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) -- but has been especially noticeable in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
The reported internment of some 1 million Muslims in XUAR puts the Kazakh and Kyrgyz governments in a difficult position.
When the Chinese began detaining and incarcerating ethnic Uyghurs, a Turkic Muslim group related to Kazakhs and Kyrgyz, the Kazakh and Kyrgyz governments avoided commenting.
But when ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz who had moved from Xinjiang to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan and become citizens were detained and put in the so-called reeducation camps during visits to Xinjiang, stories of the horrific actions by the Chinese spread.
Despite the growing resentment against China in Kyrgyzstan, President Sooronbai Jeenbekov warned several times during 2019 that he would not allow anyone in the country to spoil relations with China over the issue.
In Kazakhstan, when President Nursultan Nazarbaev stepped down from office in March 2019 after more than 27 years as the country's only president, opposition arose swiftly against his handpicked successor, Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev.
Youth groups and more established opposition organizations criticized the transfer of power and, in the months that followed, their list of complaints included scaling back ties with China and ceasing to kowtow to Beijing over the Xinjiang issue.
The number of ethnic Kazakhs fleeing from Xinjiang to Kazakhstan is still low but increasing, with many telling of the horrors they or relatives have experienced at the reeducation camps. Beijing has demanded such people be extradited, and it is a dilemma that Central Asia countries -- particularly Kazakhstan -- are struggling with.
Kazakhstan's government most keenly feels the growing hostility of its population toward China, but it is spreading through Central Asia as many see their government officials getting rich off of Chinese money while the people prepare to pay off billions of dollars that will be owed for decades to a country that is trying to extinguish the culture of its Muslims.
The Perennial Threat Of Terrorism In Central Asia
The threat of terrorism has hung over Central Asia since the days of independence in the early 1990s. Central Asia's border with Afghanistan spans more than 2,000 kilometers and, as long as Afghanistan is at war, there will be concern inside Central Asia -- and warnings from outside the region -- about the threat of terrorism.
There were no terrorist attacks in Central Asia in 2019, unless one accepts the Tajik government's widely discredited account of a November 6, 2019, attack on its southwestern Ishkobod border post near Afghanistan.
Tajik officials say militants from the extremist Islamic State (IS) terrorist group crossed from Afghanistan's Kunduz Province into Tajikistan specifically to carry out acts of terror. IS later claimed responsibility for the attack that left at least one Tajik policeman and border guard dead (though later reports claimed at least five more border guards were killed) as well as 15 of the 20 attackers.
Information that subsequently emerged, such as the fact that women and children had participated in the attack, cast much doubt on an IS link.
But for the many parties who see militants behind practically every rock on the Afghan side of the border, the Tajik government's version of events just proved what they have been warning about. And in the case of Russia and China, this meant offering or forcing their help on Central Asia wherever possible.
China captured the security news in Central Asia in February 2019 when it was revealed that Beijing had established a military facility in the remote, high mountains of far eastern Tajikistan, not far from the Chinese and Afghan borders. Since the start of this decade there have been reports about Chinese personnel from anti-narcotics and other state agencies cooperating with Tajik border guards -- sometimes including raids into Afghan territory -- but The Washington Post report was the first confirmation that China had a base in Tajikistan, which the report said had been operational for three or four years.
Neither the Chinese nor Tajik governments have confirmed the presence of the base. But the report of it being in Tajikistan came after sightings of troops from China's People's Armed Police in Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor, just south of the base in Tajikistan.
China is worried that Uyghurs who fled to Middle Eastern conflict zones to join extremist groups might attempt to return to XUAR via the remote mountain passes where Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China meet.
This concern led China to form a new security group with Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan in 2016, and Beijing has been eager to help all Central Asian states with counterterrorism measures, seeing the region as the bulwark against terrorism reaching its borders.
Russia sees Central Asia in similar terms.
The Russian government and military officials continued to remind the Central Asian states throughout 2019 of the dangers they face from militants in Afghanistan.
Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Aleksandr Mantysky said in February 2019, [IS] is trying to increase the number of its militants operating in the country's north, including on the borders with Turkmenistan and Tajikistan, in order to use the north as a foothold for crossing into Central Asian states. He added that there were anywhere from 3,500 to 10,000 IS fighters in Afghanistan. In December 2019, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said IS was preparing to use northern Afghanistan as a staging area for operations in Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
There were at least a dozen similar warnings from Russian officials between Mantysky and Petrushev's comments during 2019, as well as many promises of support for further strengthening Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan from Russian officials, especially those in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). In addition to the fact that Russia's 201st Division remains deployed in Tajikistan.
Kyrgyzstan, also a CSTO member that hosts a Russian military base, received similar Russian warnings and pledges of support during 2019.
With the United States and other foreign forces in Afghanistan currently seeking a way to end their military presence there, the Central Asian states are likely to continue to gravitate closer to Russia and China to ensure their own security against the real -- or imagined -- threat of Islamic terrorism coming from Afghanistan.
Smile, You're On Candid Camera!
In October 2019, residents of Kazakhstan's capital, Nur-Sultan, were given an opportunity to pay for their rides on public buses using a new technology that unnerved many people.
Passengers boarding buses in Nur-Sultan were given the opportunity to register with a company called FacePay and use the company's facial-recognition system to pay their fare rather than using cash or public transport cards.
FacePay advertised the advantages of registering with its system -- no need for cash and an easy way to pay -- but some saw it as a first step by the government to monitor the movement and activities of its citizens.
Facial-recognition cameras are causing controversy around the globe, all the more so since China developed such systems to monitor the activities of its people, particularly in Xinjiang.
The system in use in Nur-Sultan is the product of the Chinese company HikVision, which the U.S. government has blacklisted for its role in the repression of Muslims in Xinjiang.
Kazakhstan is developing its own facial-recognition technology.
The Sergek video-surveillance system has been in operation in Nur-Sultan since 2018 with the stated purpose of monitoring road traffic.
But Sergek reportedly uses equipment that came from Dahua Technology, another Chinese company the U.S. government has blacklisted.
But facial recognition and video-monitoring systems are not only a concern in Kazakhstan.
An article in Foreign Policy in November noted that "Kyrgyzstan opened a new police command center in its capital, Bishkek, putting its new facial-recognition cameras to work." The report said the technology "was supplied free of charge by the China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation, a company currently sanctioned by the United States."
Reports note that projects for so-called "smart cities" in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan also have facial recognition and video surveillance as a central feature.
Although Turkmenistan is not mentioned in the reports, it would be fair to guess the government in Ashgabat -- which has long been obsessed with internal security -- has reached out to China for this technology, as it has for weapons and military equipment.
A September article in PONARS Eurasia summed up the dilemma, noting that "the systems are part of the 'smart city' and 'safe city' concepts that have been gaining popularity around the world as a response to rapid urbanization," relying on "digital technologies to improve urban life, but the tools also offer a structure to potentially expand authoritarian control over people and public places."
The Internet: How Much Is Enough?
Control of the Internet remained a major topic for governments in Central Asia in 2019.
There was the Turkmen way of dealing with potentially damaging articles or information, which remains to simply block almost everything. Tajikistan is not far behind Turkmenistan in this regard.
But in 2019, it was the policies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that took the spotlight, for very different reasons.
As mentioned earlier, the formal change of presidents in Kazakhstan inspired some people to demonstrate for change.
The change provided the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK) leader, fugitive former banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, to again take to social networks to call for protests against the government. The DVK was not the only group trying to use social networks to organize demonstrations.
Faced with this challenge to the succession plan, Kazakh authorities fought back, often detaining leaders of planned rallies ahead of time, blocking some websites, and severely slowing the Internet before and during demonstrations.
Rallies were planned on the May 9 holiday marking the end of World War II, but on that day the websites of RFE/RL's Kazakh Service and local websites Vlast.kz, Holanews.kz, Informburo.kz, Exclusive.kz, Time.kz, and others were blocked.
The Internet freedom website NetBlocks.org reported Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Telegram, and several independent and petition sites were also blocked across Kazakhstan that day.
Kazakh Information Minister Dauren Abaev denied his ministry had anything to do with the Internet problem.
But NetBlocks.org reported "blocked access to online streaming services as well as totally cutting the Internet access for most users" on June 9, the day of the Kazakh presidential election, and said the blocks occurred during "reported detentions of journalists and political activists at demonstrations in Nur-Sultan, Almaty, and Shymkent."
The situation was repeated several times after that, always during planned demonstrations. It was therefore hardly surprising that a renewed offer in July from state-controlled Qaznet Trust Network to register for a program that promised cybersecurity for users was met with skepticism.
Since Shavkat Mirziyoev took over as Uzbek president in late 2016, the government has been promoting the changes in the country that are, according to Uzbek authorities, making Uzbekistan an attractive place for investment and tourism.
In May, shortly after Kazakhstan blocked websites on the May 9 holiday, Uzbekistan announced it was unblocking access to dozens of what Reporters Without Borders called "long-censored news websites."
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Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. I never appreciated his work before but I found him very credible and just enjoyed the role.
Sandra Bullock is deserving of an Oscar for Gravity. She's a fantastic actress, she's been in the game for a while, and she works really hard.
Kristin Scott Thomas as The Invisible Woman because she was just frickin amazing the way that she decided to become invisible, and then realized that she could not live a live of invisibility. She figured it out. It was kind of a painful way, but she learned that she was never going to be number one in Charles Dickens' life.
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I nominate Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle because she's hot!


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Partner at Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak. He specializes in intellectual property law and IT law; he is particularly interested in all legal aspects related to software, both with regard to the enforcement of IP rights by software producers but also in relation to IT outsourcing projects and licensing issues. For over 15 years he's been a local legal adviser to the Business Software Alliance, an international organization of leading software producers, which he assists in its efforts to improve the enforcement of software copyright.
Mikołaj Sowiński has worked with SK&S since 1996 and became partner in 2007. He specializes in intellectual property law and IT law; he is particularly interested in all legal aspects related to software, both with regard to the enforcement of IP rights by software producers but also in relation to IT outsourcing projects and licensing issues. For over 15 years he's been a local legal adviser to the Business Software Alliance, an international organization of leading software producers, which he assists in its efforts to improve the enforcement of software copyright. Mikołaj Sowiński also acts as an expert for the Polish IT and Telecommunications Chamber, and he is an arbitrator of the Copyright Commission appointed by the Minister for Culture and National Heritage. He sits on the board of EuroITCounsel, an international group of law firms which specialize in IT law. Mikołaj Sowiński advises not only companies operating in the IT and creative sector, but for many years has provided legal advisory for entities in the FMCG sector.
– Expert for the Polish IT and Telecommunications Chamber.
– Arbitrator of the Copyright Commission appointed by the Minister for Culture and National Heritage. He sits on the board of EuroITCounsel, an international group of law firms which specialize in IT law.
– The management board of EuroITCounsel, an international group of law firms which specialize in new technologies law.
He received his Master's degree in law from the Adam Mickiewicz University Law School in Poznań in 1996. He also completed the Post-Graduate Course in International Trade and Business Law, International Commercial Arbitration and the Law of the European Union at Asser Institute in The Hague in 1997. In 2002 he was admitted to the bar.
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Closely associated with the new technology sector, the TMT practice at Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak is particularly well known for its work in IT matters. Specific areas covered include: cloud computing, licenses, copyright transfers, litigation, blockchain and software audits. Notably, it has a strong reputation for successfully enforcing the rights of developers, performing due diligence (regarding rights to new tech), handling cybersecurity matters and analysing open source software. The team is led by Mikołaj Sowiński and Agata Szeliga, experts in software law and data protection, respectively.
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At any moment in the day we are living in the past, present, or future. Each has a purpose for us and will provide value in getting through the daily angst of work-life.
In the past or vision is 20/20 but we look through our glasses with a filter of what we want to remember. The benefits of visiting the past are to recognize behavioral patterns, learn about yourself, learn from others, understand how you became who you are today! If we look back fondly on only the good times, this is called reminiscing. If we look back to learn and grow, this is called reflecting. In the project management world this is a 'lessons learned' activity. A risk of visiting the past is often we dwell on it, giving it more attention than it needs. One event turns into 'absolute' language like 'always' and 'never'. Like a continuous-loop video clip that repeats in our heads, the scenes of the past are all we see and we end up living there, not realizing that while we are visiting the past, our present is being 'spent,' never to be recovered again. If we live in the past we don't move forward, we don't take responsibility for current actions, we don't learn and we don't change.
Many philosophers and teachers advise to live in the moment. Because you can not change the past (it is gone) and the future never arrives, there IS only now. By living fully in the present, you can experience what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls 'flow.' Have you ever spent time on a project at work or home and were so 'wrapped up' in it that you did not realize that several hours had passed? That is flow. That is being fully engaged. The key is to experience this on purpose instead of having it happen by chance. Some may say there is no risk to living in the moment, but there is. You risk repeating unwanted behaviors, not learning from the past (if you never reflect on it how can you learn from it?), getting stuck in a rutt; always reacting to things instead of planning for them; and not taking responsibility for the concenquences of current actions and for work and interconnectedness of others, you may appear aimless and without purpose.
Tip: Spend the majority of your time in the 'flow' of the present, but remember to take time trips to the past and future on a regular basis.
Dreaming, visualizing, planning are all activities in which we take a trip to the Future. Determining our intention in the future helps us to decide on an action today. Because we have seen the impact of past actions on our present, we can now accept responsibility for current actions and their impact on the future. However, if we only focus on the future or do so with too much importance, we risk never experiencing flow and (some may say) authentic happiness! The future is the favorite time destination of the chronic procrastinator. It is a way to avoid responsibility for any action. If the future is all that you focus on, you will never be satisfied because tomorrow never comes.
All you really have is now, but all you had yesterday was then…there is a connection between the times and we create our own past, present, and future – take responsibility and be the architect of your own time!


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Category: On the Homefront – the HSDL Blog
by Sally Chapman · Published February 6, 2004 · Last modified April 1, 2016
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Association Sportive des Forces Armées Royales, eller ASFAR, grundad 1 september 1958, är en fotbollsklubb i Rabat i Marocko. Den utgör fotbollssektionen av ASFAR, som senare även kommit att omfatta en mängd andra sporter. Klubben spelar säsongen 2021/2022 i Marockos högstadivision, Botola.

Klubbnamnet är franska för "den kungliga arméns idrottsförening", och ASFAR grundades 1958 på kronprins och blivande kung Hassan II:s eget initiativ. ASFAR har historiskt dominerat marockansk fotboll tillsammans med Wydad och Raja från Casablanca, och bland annat vunnit tolv ligatitlar. 1985 blev ASFAR dessutom första marockanska klubb att vinna föregångaren till afrikanska Champions League, African Cup of Champions Clubs, genom att besegra Bilima från Zaire med 6–3 över två matcher.

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Botola (12): 1960/1961, 1961/1962, 1962/1963, 1963/1964, 1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1969/1970, 1983/1984, 1986/1987, 1988/1989, 2004/2005, 2007/2008
Marockanska troncupen (12): 1959, 1971, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2020
Marockanska supercupen (4): 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963

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African Cup of Champions Clubs (1): 1985

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 under namnet FAR Rabat eller AS FAR, Forces Armées Royales (Rabat)

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FAR Rabat (Forces Armées Royales) eller AS FAR spelar i svart trikåer, bortastället är vit eller svart och röd.

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The Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons (Intentional Torts Restatement) is one of several projects that, taken together, will constitute the Restatement Third of Torts.
This project addresses intentional torts to natural persons—specifically, battery, purposeful infliction of bodily harm, assault, and false imprisonment. It also includes the privilege of consent and certain nonconsensual privileges (self-defense, defense of others, privilege to restrain, and others). The project intersects with several topics that are included in Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm. These include the general definition of intent, § 1; scope of liability for intentional torts, § 33; and intentional infliction of emotional harm, § 46. As appropriate, this project refers to and incorporates this material.
The Restatement Second of Torts black letter and Comments on battery, assault, and false imprisonment have been widely adopted or referenced by American courts. However, important disagreements have arisen about their meaning, and uncertainties about their scope remain. This Restatement addresses these issues and simplifies the black letter of many of the provisions. It also develops a clearer framework for analyzing how various sub-doctrines relate to each other.
The intentional torts to persons—battery, purposeful infliction of bodily harm, assault, and false imprisonment—share important features. They are intentional because they involve an action that is intended to affect another person and that results in an invasion of the rights of another. Unlike the tort of negligence, intentional torts upon persons cannot be committed through simple inadvertence. Further, intentional torts protect fundamental interests in autonomy, dignity, and security. Their shape is more rule-like and more precise than negligence doctrines, which often take the form of flexible and general standards of reasonableness. And, unlike negligence doctrines addressed in Restatement Third, Torts: Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, they frequently permit tort recovery—in the form of at least nominal damages—even absent proof of physical harm or emotional harm.
At the same time, the different intentional torts to persons developed differently as a historical matter, and are distinct in their structure and in the interests they protect. They do not simply amount to arbitrary categories within a broader umbrella tort of intentionally causing physical harm or intentionally causing emotional harm. (Excerpt from the Scope Note of Tentative Draft No. 1)
Tentative Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: Definitions of Intentional Torts to Persons; Transferred Intent
1. Battery: General Definition
2. Battery: Required Intent
3. Battery: Definition of Offensive Contact
4. Purposeful Infliction of Bodily Harm
5. Assault
6. Intentional (or Reckless) Infliction of Emotional Harm
7. False Imprisonment
8. What Constitutes a Confinement
9. Confinement by Assertion of Legal Authority
10. Instigation of or Participation in an Intentional Tort
11. Transferred Intent
Chapter 2: Consent
12. Categories of [Legally Effective] Consent That Preclude Liability
13. Actual Consent (or Assent): Definition and Conditions
15. Capacity, Voluntariness, and Knowledge Conditions Required for Actual Consent to be Legally Effective
14. Scope of Actual Consent
16. Apparent Consent
17. Implied-in-Law Consent [or Constructive Consent]
18. Emergency Doctrine
19. Inadequate Consent to Medical Treatment as Battery
Chapter 3: Privileges OTHER THAN CONSENT
20. Self-Defense and Defense of Others
21. Privilege to Arrest or Detain
22. Other Privileges
About the Restatement of the Law Third, Torts in general: The Restatement of Torts is one of the Institute's most influential projects and its most cited one. While the First and Second Torts Restatements were done as a single project, the Third was split up into a number of components in light of the enormity of the undertaking. Three components have been completed, approved, and published: Products Liability (1998), Apportionment of Liability (2000), and two volumes of Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm (2010 and 2012). Two are currently ongoing: Liability for Economic Harm and Intentional Torts to Persons. (Excerpted from the Forward of Tentative Draft No. 1 by ALI Director Richard L. Revesz)
Kenneth W. Simons
Reporter, Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
Kenneth W. Simons is a leading scholar of tort law, criminal law, and law and philosophy. He has published influential scholarship concerning assumption of risk and contributory negligence; the nature and role of mental states in criminal, tort and constitutional law; and negligence as a moral and legal concept. He has published influential scholarship concerning assumption of risk and contributory negligence; the nature and role of mental states in criminal, tort and constitutional law; and negligence as a moral and legal concept. Professor Simons was a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and to Judge James L. Oakes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
W. Jonathan Cardi
Associate Reporter, Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
Jonathan Cardi is a professor at Wake Forrest University School of Law. Professor Cardi specializes in tort law, the law of remedies, and the intersection of race and the law. He is co-author of a torts casebook, a remedies casebook, two commercial outlines, and is co-editor of a book entitled Critical Race Realism. He has served as President of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools and Chair of the Remedies Section of the AALS.
Ellen S. Pryor
Associate Reporter (2014-2015), Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
Ellen S. Pryor has been a co-author of several casebooks, and her writings in the area of torts, insurance, and compensation theory have appeared in, among other journals, the Harvard Law Review, Virginia Law Review, Journal of Legal Studies, George Washington Law Review, Maryland Law Review, Texas Law Review, Tulane Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, and the University of Chicago Press.
Intentional Torts: Categories of Consent That Preclude Liability
Kenneth W. Simons, Jonathan Cardi and Jennifer Morinigo | May 16, 2019 | Intentional Torts to Persons
Restatement of the Law, Torts: Intentional Torts to PersonsThe following entry contains the Black Letter and Comments b, c, and d of Tentative Draft No. 4, Section 12. Categories of Consent That Preclude Liability.The full draft contains Reporters' Notes. This draft...
Consent in Tort Law
Kenneth W. Simons, Jonathan Cardi, Erin E. Murphy and Jennifer Morinigo | April 26, 2019 | Intentional Torts to Persons
The following entry contains the Scope Note appearing at the beginning of Chapter 2 – Consent, featured in Tentative Draft No. 4 of Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons. This draft will be presented to membership at the 2019 Annual Meeting...
Consent and Sexual Assault in Criminal v. Tort Law
Erin E. Murphy and Kenneth W. Simons | March 26, 2019 | Intentional Torts to Persons, Sexual Assault
In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, NYU Law's Erin Murphy and UC Irvine Law's Ken Simons explore the difference between criminal law and tort law in the United States and then focus on how "consent" is, and should be, defined in sexual assault allegations.From...
October 2018 Council Updates
Lauren Klosinski | December 13, 2018 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law, Compliance, Risk Management, and Enforcement, Consumer Contracts, Intentional Torts to Persons, Policing
During its meeting in New York City on October 18 and 19, the ALI Council reviewed drafts for seven Institute projects. Drafts or portions of drafts for six projects received Council approval, subject to the meeting discussion and to the usual prerogative to make...
Restating the Intentional Torts to Persons: Seeing the Forest and the Trees
Kenneth W. Simons and Jonathan Cardi | December 6, 2018 | Intentional Torts to Persons
Abstract The five thoughtful, incisive articles by Professors Bernstein, Chamallas, Geistfeld, Moore, and Sugarman offer a breathtaking range of perspectives on the Restatement, Third of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons ("ITR"). Some view tort law from the widest...
Assumption of Risk and Consent in the Twenty-First Century
Kenneth W. Simons and Lauren Klosinski | November 6, 2018 | Intentional Torts to Persons
In his Chancellor's lecture at UCI School of Law, "Assumption of Risk and Consent in the Twenty-First Century," Kenneth W. Simons discusses the definitions of consent and assumption of risk with illustrations referencing Harry Houdini, the infamous "Flopper" ride from...
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Fortune 500 Top 20
Fortune May 7, 2012
Given the sluggish recovery and a strapped consumer, you'd expect to see corporate America trudging along, not racing for glory. In fact, the Fortune 500 are thriving as a group. Unlike the U.S. economy, they've shown quicksilver agility, rapidly shifting their product mix and producing more goods at little new cost. This nimbleness belies the immense size of these companies and, frequently, their advanced age.
The Fortune 500 generated a total of $824.5 billion in earnings last year, up 16.4% over 2010. That beats the previous record of $785 billion, set in 2006 during a roaring economy. The 2011 profits are outsized based on two key historical metrics. They represent 7% of total sales, vs. an average of 5.14% over the 58-year history of the Fortune 500. Companies are also garnering exceptional returns on their capital. The 500 achieved a return-on-equity of 14.3%, far above the historical norm of 12%.
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Looking deeper into the list, several macro trends emerge. High prices at the pump translated into great results for energy companies like Exxon Mobil, which topped the Fortune 500 with $453 billion in revenues. Your friends on Wall Street may be complaining about smaller bonuses, but financial services are experiencing a comeback of sorts. For 2011, the sector posted $150 billion in earnings, up 19% over 2010. The financial sector also saw a revival in the fortunes of the big commercial banks. Meanwhile, technology wasn't quite the profit machine that it's been in past years. Sector earnings rose by just $5 billion, although tech remains the largest profit-maker at $156 billion, narrowly edging the resurgent financials.
These big numbers can't last. The gravitational pull of the business cycle will eventually end the profit bonanza, in part because many companies carried out brutal layoffs during the recession and will now be forced to hire more workers to maintain their growth. So let's enjoy it as a heroic but fleeting moment, not a durable new age.
1. Exxon
Fortune 500 rank: 1
Revenues (millions): $452,926.0
CEO: Rex W. Tillerson
It's tough to beat the kind of year Exxon Mobil had in 2011. Shares rose by 20% and profits surged by 35% to $41.1 billion. Revenues jumped 28% to $452.9 billion, helping Exxon reclaim the top spot in the Fortune 500.
Exxon has certainly benefited from rising oil prices, particularly during the last quarter of 2011. But the company has also positioned itself well to capitalize on the latest controversial trend in domestic energy production: Fracking. Exxon now produces just about as much gas as it does oil, thanks to its $35 billion purchase of XTO Energy in 2010. As CEO Rex Tillerson told Fortune recently, with world demand for energy expected to rise considerably during the coming decades, the shale gas party has just begun.
2. Wal-Mart
CEO: Michael T. Duke
Wal-Mart slipped to No. 2 in the Fortune 500 in 2011 after holding onto the top spot for two years in a row. The retailer was forced to aggressively cut prices to reverse its declining same store sales in the U.S. That helped push revenues up by 6% during 2011, to $447 billion, but it hurt Wal-Mart's bottom line -- profits declined by 4.6% during the year, to $15.7 billion.
The world's largest retailer has struggled to maintain growth at its U.S. stores, even as the economy has shown signs of recovery. Although the unemployment rate has fallen, the housing market remains unstable and consumer spending hasn't reflected a new attitude for many Americans.
Wal-Mart's international business continues to be a source of growth for the company -- revenues outside the U.S. rose by 13.1% last year, to $35.5 billion. But one key growth market for Wal-Mart, Mexico, recently hit a major roadblock after a sweeping New York Times story reported bribery allegations by the retailer there.
CEO: John S. Watson
Chevron ended 2011 on a sour note: Despite rising oil prices, the company posted its biggest profit decline in two years, largely due to losses at its U.S. refinery business. Still, the second-largest oil and gas company in the U.S. managed to post a 25% increase in revenues during the full year, to $245.6 billion, and an impressive 41% jump in profits, to $26.9 billion. Chevron is spending heavily on oil and gas projects in places like Australia, Africa, and the Gulf of Mexico -- projects that are expected to start paying off in 2014.
Chevron also continues to keep its lawyers gainfully employed. In addition to multiple ongoing legal battles, including a longstanding one in Ecuador, Chevron is now fighting an $11 billion suit brought against it for an oil spill late last year in Brazil. It's also still cleaning up after a natural gas rig in Nigeria exploded earlier this year.
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4. ConocoPhillips
CEO: Ryan M. Lance
Big Oil may be getting a little smaller. ConocoPhillips surprised many on Wall Street last year when it announced plans to break up into two publicly traded companies, one focused on exploration and production and another on refineries and marketing, called Phillips 66. The spin-off happened on April 30. Conoco officials hope the break-up will help it compete better internationally and unlock value by attracting more investors.
This Fortune 500 list was based on 2011 results, so the new changes for ConocoPhillips shareholders aren't reflected here. If they were, we'd see Phillips 66 in the No. 4 spot instead of the parent company, ConocoPhillips. The spin-off represents about 80% of the original company's total 2011 revenue -- that still puts it ahead of the next company on this list, General Motors.
5. General Motors
CEO: Daniel F. Akerson
Detroit has staged a comeback, and so has General Motors. The auto giant jumped three spots in the Fortune 500, from No. 8 in 2010 to No. 5 last year. Just two years after it filed for bankruptcy and received federal aid, GM posted record profits in 2011. It earned $9.2 billion, up a whopping 49% from 2010, while revenues rose 11% to $150.3 billion. GM also reclaimed its title as global sales leader after Toyota nabbed it from GM in 2008.
No one should be more pleased by those numbers than GM union workers, who negotiated a profit-sharing program as part of the company's reorganization. About 47,500 workers received checks averaging $7,000, up from $4,300 in 2010.
6. General Electric
CEO: Jeffrey R. Immelt
General Electric managed to post strong earnings growth in 2011, despite a slight drop in revenues. Earnings rose 21% to $14.2 billion, while sales fell 2.6% to $147.6 billion. Despite that dip in sales, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt said the company's performance at the end of the year bodes well for 2012, as orders picked up in businesses ranging from energy infrastructure to health care.
Analysts remain focused on GE's industrial division, which has struggled to grow since the economy fell into recession. The company reported a record backlog of orders at the end of the year -- $200 billion, up from $191 billion. Immelt says that gives GE a strong start to its goal of growing industrial earnings by 10%.
7. Berkshire Hathaway
CEO: Warren E. Buffett
Berkshire Hathaway had its share of setbacks in 2011, but CEO Warren Buffett was still able to say that his company's book value growth handily outperformed the S&P 500. It was the 39th year he was able to make such a claim. Berkshire shareholders, on the other hand, underperformed the broader market in 2011 with their investment in the Omaha, Nebraska-based holding company.
Earnings fell by 20.9% at Berkshire in 2011, thanks in part to high catastrophe losses in its insurance business and continued sluggishness in its housing-related businesses. Total revenues rose by 5.5% to $143.7 billion. Buffett called out five businesses for their particularly strong performance, which he expects will continue to post profit growth in 2012: BNSF, Iscar, Lubrizol, Marmon Group, and MidAmerican Energy.
8. Fannie Mae
CEO: Michael J. Williams
Last year, Fannie Mae catapulted from No. 81 on the Fortune 500 to No. 5, thanks to new accounting rules. On this year's list, the government-controlled mortgage giant slipped to No. 8 after revenues fell by more than 10% to $137.5 billion. Losses for the year grew to $16.9 billion from $14 billion in 2010.
Fannie Mae continues to be dragged down by its portfolio of loans dating back to the pre-housing crash heyday. The lender has borrowed $116 billion from the government so far, and at the end of last year it sought an additional $4.6 billion to help cover its operating losses. It's difficult to see a turnaround on the horizon.
9. Ford Motor
CEO: Alan R. Mulally
Alan Mulally, Ford's chief, is credited with gracefully navigating the American icon through one of the most disastrous periods in the U.S. auto industry's history. The former Boeing executive's most important leadership achievement took place when Ford avoided bankruptcy, the tarnishing fate that befell rivals General Motors and Chrysler in 2009. Had Ford been forced to file, the Ford family almost certainly would have lost their controlling interest. The company's stock has resumed paying a dividend during Mullaly's tenure and, more importantly, the firm is pumping out lust-worthy cars again. Profits jumped 208% last year -- growth in league with the world's oil and tech giants, not other car makers.
10. Hewlett-Packard
Fortune 500 rank: 10
CEO: Margaret C. Whitman
The world's largest computer manufacturer had another shaky year. The company's board ousted CEO Leo Apotheker after barely a year on the job. The troubled technology giant offered the top spot to former eBay boss Meg Whitman. (She had been an HP director as well as a strategic advisor at Kleiner Perkins.)
The move came at a pivotal time for HP, which is still struggling to find a path forward. In her first decisive step, Whitman announced the company would combine two of its biggest divisions, printers and PCs. Whitman is beginning her tenure with a number of other strategic consolidations across business units as well.
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11. AT&T
CEO: Randall L. Stephenson
Having taken a lot of heat about the quality of its wireless network last year, AT&T agreed to pay $39 billion for T-Mobile USA -- a smaller rival that once ran ads ridiculing its service. The combined entity -- which would have allowed AT&T to spread the cost of running a national network over an additional 34 million customers -- didn't manage to pass muster with the government. Now, the company is picking up the pieces -- which includes paying T-Mobile $3 billion in cash as well as access to $1 billion worth of AT&T-held wireless spectrum as per the original acquisition agreement.
12. Valero Energy
CEO: William R. Klesse
Thanks to higher oil prices, the nation's largest oil refiner has been on the move. Its $730 million purchase of Chevron's Welsh refining operations helped increase its oil output. And, the company stepped up production at a number of its U.S. refineries, a big reason why analysts anticipate double-digit earnings growth in the years ahead.
13. Bank of America
CEO: Brian T. Moynihan
Bank of America executives may well remember 2011 as the year of the $5 debit fee. To make up for lost revenue due to new bank regulations, the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank instituted a $5 monthly fee for customers using debit cards. The move sparked a consumer revolt, even as other banks followed suit. Just about a month later, BofA succumbed to the pressure and backed off its new fees.
BofA shares took a nosedive in 2011, down 60%, before rebounding earlier this year. The bank still faces a litany of lawsuits, mostly relating to mortgages at its Countrywide business unit. In September the company announced plans to eliminate 30,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce. So far the cost-cutting seems to be helping -- in the second quarter of this year, Bank of America reported that net income more than doubled from the same period last year.
14. McKesson
CEO: John H. Hammergren
The nation's largest health-care provider continued to dominate, growing 2011 sales to more than $112 billion. Distribution remains McKesson's backbone: A full one-third of all medicines used in the U.S. run through its pipeline. The company also is the dominant player in health care information systems. More than 70% of the nation's big market hospitals use its technology to digitize prescriptions and patient medical records.
15. Verizon Communications
CEO: Lowell C. McAdam
The second-largest U.S. telecommunications group saw profits buoyed by surging smartphone sales, but its success last year -- including a $10 billion payment to Vodafone, which co-owns Verizon Wireless -- raised hackles with union members. In October, it briefly joined the Occupy Wall Street movement to protest benefit cuts after Verizon announced its profits had doubled from the previous quarter.
16. JP Morgan & Chase Co.
CEO: James Dimon
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon doesn't let a little thing like Dodd-Frank get in his way. Dimon called his firm's 2011 performance "mildly disappointing" after it struggled to find ways to make up for lost revenue from new bank regulations and revenues fell sharply in its investment banking unit. But about six weeks after that year-end report, Dimon closed out a shareholder meeting on a decidedly optimistic note: "I'll be damned if we don't have record profits at least for a while now."
So far, it seems to be playing out just as he predicted. Profits weren't at record levels earlier this year, but they were much higher than analysts predicted. And revenues grew by 24% in the first quarter, thanks to increased activity in retail banking, home refinance loans, and overall customer deposits.
17. Apple
CEO: Timothy D. Cook
The company emerged from the tragic passing of co-founder Steve Jobs saddened but in no perceptible way weakened. Under CEO Tim Cook, the company continued pumping out new products -- like a significantly upgraded version of the iPad tablet. Apple nearly doubles its earnings per share in 2011, compared to 2010. That helped nudge management to announce plans for the firm's first dividend since 1995, returning some of the $97.6 billion in cash it had accumulated. Apple fans and analysts alike also continue to await a long-rumored television set from the gadget maker.
18. CVS Caremark
CEO: Larry J. Merlo
Sales topped $100 billion at the pharmacy giant, but it also faces challenges. The $29.1 billion merger of Express and Medco knocked CVS off its perch as the largest pharmacy benefits operator. It remains to be seen how the company will cope with such robust new competition.
19. International Business Machines
CEO: Virginia M. Rometty
In one of the most watched transfer of corporate leadership in modern history, IBM's top job went from Sam Palmisano to veteran IBMer Ginni Rometty on the first of the year. The transition capped off one of the company's best years ever, with sales topping $100 billion in 2011. IBM also managed to capture popular culture's attention thanks to Watson, its artificial intelligence program which played Jeopardy! Better yet, Watson beat champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter. Banner year indeed.
20. Citigroup
CEO: Vikram Pandit
Citi chief Vikram Pandit navigated the company through another rocky year for the beleaguered banking industry. The company made solid progress, boosting profits to $11 billion, up 4.4% from the previous year, and reached benchmarks it had set for itself in its consumer businesses. In April, shareholders handed Pandit an embarrassing no confidence vote. About 55% of shareholders rejected a plan to pay him $15 million, though the vote was non-binding.
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The JHU Homewood Institutional Review Board (HIRB) is charged with assuring that human participant research studies conducted at JHU Homewood, by JHU affiliated individuals, or studies specifically recruiting individuals affiliated with JHU comply with JHU policies and federal regulations designed to protect human participants. This charge extends to social and behavioral research conducted at certain institutions affiliated with JHU or research conducted by personnel of those institutions working elsewhere, specifically the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and Peabody. Medical research should be reviewed by either the JHU School of Medicine IRB or the Bloomberg School of Public Health IRB on the East Baltimore campus.
Please note: Undergraduate students conducting research without "on the ground" oversight by the PI are only permitted to conduct research that meets one of the exempt categories that does not require a Limited IRB Review. See "For Student Researchers" below for further details.
All investigators and research team members must complete training in the protection of human research participants prior to submission of applications for HIRB approval. The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) offers a training module that can be completed online. Investigators should select the human subjects training that is most applicable to their research project, or, if unsure, should complete the Social/Behavioral Training module or call the HIRB to ask which training is the most appropriate. You do not need to complete the Responsible Conduct of Research Training for IRB purposes. Training is valid for five years. Please read the Instructions for HIRB Training Through CITI.
Johns Hopkins maintains data sets for its own institutional and compliance purposes in a number of domains that may be of interest to researchers. These data sets are often subject to laws or policies that are distinct from the Common Rule or HIPAA, or may be information that Johns Hopkins considers proprietary. In recognition of our role as a research institution, access to these data sets may be permitted for JHU researchers under protocols approved by a JHU Institutional Review Board ("IRB"), and with the additional review and approval of the offices outlined below for the various data categories. Access to these data sets is conditioned on researchers demonstrating appropriate data security practices, removing identifiers to the maximum extent practicable and requiring any collaborators outside of Johns Hopkins to enter into appropriate Data Use Agreements. Compliance with FERPA policies (if applicable), and the JHU Policy on Personally Identifiable Information must be demonstrated by the researcher requesting data access.
Please click here to identify the institutional party responsible for different data types.
Where faculty are receiving or sharing human subject data as part of a research collaboration, they will need to ensure that an appropriate Data Use Agreement or other form of research collaboration or confidentiality agreement is in place.
Faculty-led research: All DUAs should be reviewed and signed by Johns Hopkins University Research Administration (JHURA) or Business and Research Administration Office (BARA).
Student-led research: DUAs are subject to Johns Hopkins University Research Administration (JHURA) or Business and Research Administration Office (BARA) signature when the research is sponsored through JHU or is intended to be submitted in satisfaction of a JHU degree requirement. Faculty PI mentors of the student's protocol must also review these agreements as part of their mentor responsibilities, and they must also be reviewed and signed by Johns Hopkins University Research Administration (JHURA) or Business and Research Administration Office (BARA).
eHIRB is a paperless, electronic method to submit, track, and review the scientific, regulatory, and compliance information required for the safe conduct of human subjects research at Homewood. The system provides a platform for the IRB and other research compliance committees to share critical information regarding the submission and review of new applications, amendments, continuing reviews, reportable events, and study closures.
Undergraduate students conducting research without "on-the-ground" oversight by the PI are only permitted to conduct research that meets one of the Exempt categories that does not require a Limited IRB Review.
Note: A Limited IRB Review is required for certain types of Exempt Research if information obtained is recorded by the investigator in such a manner that the identity of research participants can be readily ascertained directly or though identifiers linked to the participants and disclosure of information outside of the research would be potentially harmful (risk of criminal or civil liability, damaging to financial standing, employability, educational advancement, and/or reputation) to participants.
All students conducting research without "on-the-ground" oversight of the PI are highly encouraged to contact the HIRB as soon as they start seriously considering their research topic. At this point, the HIRB can guide the student on the type of research that will fall into one of the exempt categories and will also guide the student on how to minimize risks to participants.
IRB applications involving student-initiated international research must be submitted to the HIRB at least eight weeks in advance of the planned start date, although students are highly encouraged to contact the IRB well in advance of the eight-week period. Student-initiated international work submitted less than eight weeks in advance of the proposed start date will likely not be approved by the IRB in time. Students should not make travel arrangements or purchase airline tickets until their IRB protocol is approved.
Some research projects that will eventually involve human subjects research include an initial planning phase which will not involve human subjects. This document provides Homewood IRB investigators with guidance, compliant with 45 CFR 690.118, regarding the process for obtaining administrative approval for projects that immediate plans for involvement of human subjects, their data, or their specimens.
All HIRB researchers should read and follow the comprehensive Dynamo Guidelines for Academic Requesters.
This is a glossary of IRB-related terminology.
The Homewood Institutional Review Board (HIRB) Standard Operating Policies & Procedures manual contains guidelines for the operation of HIRB. HIRB is the central component of the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) for those divisions within Johns Hopkins served by HIRB. The manual is an important resource for HIRB and HRPP members, investigators, and HIRB staff.
Please note that the Policies and Procedures manual is currently under revision, but a previous version is below.
All faculty, staff, and students who conduct human subjects research must complete the CITI training. In addition, Homewood IRB members must also complete CITI Training. Please read the instructions so you take the correct CITI training.
The HIRB office also maintains a library of books and journals about human participant research and IRBs that is available for the use of investigators.
An introduction to the Homewood IRB (HIRB) can be found by reviewing the document: Navigating the IRB.
Investigators and HIRB Members are required to understand and apply the highest ethical standards to the review and conduct of human participant research. To ensure these objectives, investigators and HIRB members are required to complete training in the protection of human research participants through the online course offered by the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) and should select the most appropriate module under "Human Subjects Research".
Proof of completed training must be on file with or provided to HIRB before applications will be approved. Certification must be renewed every five years. The IRB does not require training in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) or Good Clinical Practice (GCP), although you may be required to take this for other purposes or may choose to take one or both of these for your own personal knowledge.
Investigators from other institutions should contact the HIRB office for alternative training options.
Additional educational opportunities include briefings by the HIRB office; local, regional, and national meetings and courses; and online forums, newsletters, and other publications. For more information about these resources, contact the HIRB office at hirb@jhu.edu or 410-516-6580 .
The rights and safety of individuals participating in research are assured through adherence to widely-accepted ethical principles that have been established for biomedical experiments and extended to behavioral research. These ethical principles are set forth in The Belmont Report, the Declaration of Helsinki, and The Nuremberg Code.
This document describes preparation for the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that standardizes data protection law across all 28 EU countries and imposes strict new rules on controlling and processing of personal information. The law is in effect as of May 25, 2018.
Please review this Q&A for practical guidance on compliance with GDPR.
Effective October 1, 2017, all ongoing or new research funded wholly or in part by NIH as of December 13, 2016 that is collecting or using identifiable, sensitive information is automatically issued a Certificate of Confidentiality (Certificate) as a term and condition of NIH grant awards. Identifiable, sensitive information is information about an individual, gathered or used during the course of biomedical, behavioral, clinical or other research, through which the individual is identified, or there is at least a very small risk that the identity of an individual could be identified.
Certificates will no longer be issued in a separate document. The Notice of Award and the NIH Grants Policy Statement will serve as documentation of the Certificate protection.
Researchers are required to determine whether their research records generated with NIH funding are covered by a Certificate.
The scope of research protected by Certificates extends beyond "human subjects research" and includes research: 1) in which identifiable, sensitive information is collected or used, 2) that collects or uses human biospecimens that are identifiable or that have a risk of being identifiable; 3) that involves the generation of individual level human genomic data; and 4) that involves any other information that might identify a person.
Certificates will be issued to recipients for applicable research regardless of the country where the investigator or the protected information resides. However, Certificates may not be effective for data held in foreign countries.
Information protected by a Certificate and all copies are subject to the protections of the Certificate in perpetuity. Therefore, if a secondary researcher receives information protected by a Certificate the secondary researcher is required to uphold the protections of the Certificates.
When a researcher is issued a Certificate and the researcher will be obtaining informed consent from participants, subjects must be told about the protections afforded by the Certificate and any exceptions to those protections. The Homewood IRB, the School of Medicine IRB, and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health IRB have developed template language to be used in consent forms to address the new policy.
The NIH has provided useful FAQs and information about the new Policy at: https://humansubjects.nih.gov/coc/NIH-funded.
Should you ever receive a subpoena or other legal process seeking disclosure of research records, please contact the Johns Hopkins University Office of the Vice President and General Counsel (OGC) immediately, and prior to disclosing any records or information. OGC will assist researchers with responding to the legal request for records, and with enforcing the privacy protections of Certificates of Confidentiality. OGC contact information may be found on the OGC website at: http://web.jhu.edu/administration/general_counsel/index.html .
NIH-Funded Human Subjects Research: As of January 1, 2017, NIH-funded investigators and their research staff who are involved in the conduct of clinical trials (both FDA regulated drug or device studies, as well as behavioral interventions), as defined by the NIH, must complete Good Clinical Practice ("GCP") training.
This policy is effective and applies to both new applications, and on-going programs.
This definition encompasses trials that do not involve drugs or devices, and investigators should review the NIH definition for more detail.
JHU investigators and their research staff who may be subject to this NIH requirement should complete the CITI GCP training module in myLearning, or demonstrate compliance through providing a certificate of other acceptable GCP training to ORA and/or the JHM IRB.
The JHU Policy on IRB Authority vests the appropriate authority in each Institutional Official and IRB appointed under this Policy to review and approve (or not approve) any proposed human subjects research conducted by any University faculty, staff or student when acting in their University role.
Click here to read the Policy on IRB Authority.
If you plan to include Johns Hopkins employees in your human subjects research, please refer to this policy.
If you plan to include Johns Hopkins University students in your human subjects research, please refer to this policy.
As part of the responsibility for safeguarding the rights and welfare of human participants, the Homewood IRB has the option of participating in cooperative research projects by entering into joint review arrangements, relying upon the review of another qualified IRB, or making similar arrangements for avoiding duplication of effort.
Under these agreements applications for the conduct of human subject research shall be assigned to an IRB for review. Procedures for assignment are governed by written review agreements, contractual terms, or internal guidelines issued by the IO.
Effective March 1, 2006 JHM and the JHU Homewood IRB entered into a cooperative amendment to their respective Federal Wide Assurances. This amendment outlines the IRB review responsibilities that will govern projects conducted on both the JHU campus and at JHM sites.
This page explores the purpose and scope of the Responsible Conduct of Research Policy, along with policies for the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences, and the Whiting School of Engineering.
The purpose of this document is to provide a starting point for the development of FAQs and/or Points to Consider regarding the conduct and review of Internet research.
Review the IRB Guidance: Use of Student Education Records in Research to understand how FERPA and PPRA may apply to the review of school-based or educational research.


"I am now encountering what my dead mother called the forge fire of life, and I will not shun it like a coward."
"It's more than just a "forge" - it includes infrastructure for social networking within and between communities as well, and the development team is continuing to enhance these."
"He writes, "This is a city that fabricates, forgets, and forges its past-in both senses of 'forge'-through misrepresentation and politically motivated fictions"."


Its Prime Instant Video service again will exclusively stream episodes of the CBS summer sci-fi hit just four days after they air during its second season, as it did for the first.
CBS and Amazon.com are keeping their mutual admiration society going for another season of "Under the Dome," the serial drama that the broadcaster was able to produce at unusually high production values for a summer program thanks to lucrative licensing to Amazon and international markets.
That "Under the Dome" was returning was already known. That Amazon will continue with the same kind of licensing deal -- one that gives it exclusive domain for the online streaming of the episodes only four days after they air -- is new.
But it's no shock, given how much CBS (parent company of CNET) has touted Amazon's role in "Under the Dome" for making it as successful as it has been.
Les Moonves, the chief executive of CBS, has extolled how the Amazon licensing deal partnership along with international rights made "Under the Dome" a profitable enterprise before it even aired. At a Bank of America conference Wednesday in California, he said Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos approached him at a high-profile confab at Sun Valley, Idaho, to tell him how happy and excited Amazon was about their collaboration.
"'Under the Dome' was a great success well beyond what we even imagined," Moonves said Wednesday at the conference.
"Under the Dome," which is based on Stephen King's popular novel of the same name, has been a runaway hit this summer, a period that television programming typically populates with reruns and reality shows rather than expensive scripted dramas. It's the highest rated drama in the summer since 1991, Moonves has said, and the premiere episode was watched by almost 20 million people, not including the viewership through Amazon. Amazon hasn't disclosed how many people watch "Under the Dome" on its Prime Instant Video service, which costs $79 a year, but it has said that the first episode was most-watched TV premiere on its service ever and was watched by more customers than any other series on Prime Instant Video.


Peter qualified as an Environmental Health Officer in 1980 and has been in continuous practice in that profession ever since, working both in the public and private sectors. He is a Senior Consultant with LRB Consulting Ltd, where he is valued for his experience, his thoughtful approach to client issues, and his practical solutions to their problems.
During that period, he has been actively involved in the founding and development of the health and safety hygiene and environmental protection courses and is a founder member of the Environmental Health and Safety Training Council. His lecturing experience is diverse, ranging in venue from Cambridge University and Ashridge Management College to the teaching of inmates within prisons.
Peter has numerous published articles and papers and his work on ecological approaches to pest control, management of toxic blue green algae and energy efficient heating and ventilation systems became recommended reading in their appropriate academic and professional fields. He was one of the original joint authors of the Gee Publications, Health and Safety Competent Persons Handbook. He has also been extensively involved in promoting environmental health issues through the media, including regular involvement with newspapers, television and radio. He is perhaps most well-known for his work on the high profile 'From Hell' series on Granada TV but has been far more involved in less sensational and more educative media work. He also carried out investigations on behalf of 'Which?' magazine.
Despite the academic appearance of the above facts, Peter is a very practical person, having served for several years as a retained fireman and maintaining practical field experience in every aspect of Environmental Health. He is an active supporter of a number of charities and has carried out fieldwork for the charity Water for Kids in the Amazonian region of Peru.
Peter is vastly experienced in Premises Compliance Audits, having carried out numerous audits for many Premises Managers around the UK, including working in Central London. His building safety management experience ranges from helping to risk assess simple caretaking roles to the safety management of complex building sites involving work at height and heavy engineering.