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In Derek Huff's telling, it was a dream job that quickly fell to tatters.
Everything changed in a few seconds on Feb. 11, 2010. That's when Huff and another Edmonton constable pulled up in front of a downtown residence. They saw a trio of fellow plainclothes officers punch and kick a drug dealer targeted in an undercover sting. Huff, a seven-year veteran had seen rough arrests. This wasn't a couple of punches, he says, but a planned beating.
In subsequent weeks and months, Huff took those allegations of brutality to his superior officers. But as he did, his relationships with his coworkers grew acrimonious. His complaints went nowhere, and Huff said he was branded a rat.
Huff's allegations of brutality and silence are more than just a one-time condemnation of Edmonton police action, they're the latest chapter in a long public struggle between perception and police transparency.
In the past decade, Sgt. Tony Simioni said he has seen a "bad cop" story in the news nearly every week. It's been extremely difficult to fight the public's perception that there's something wrong with Edmonton's police. But the headlines, he said, only tell part of the story.
Simioni isn't commenting on Huff's case, currently part of a union grievance. But the president of the Edmonton Police Association noted that to other police forces, Edmonton is considered Canada's "epicentre of discipline."
He pointed to numbers. Edmonton had more than 30 disciplinary hearings last year; Calgary had two. Between Manitoba and Victoria, there were only about a dozen other public hearings.
He also cited the "shocking statistic" that up until August, nearly 20 per cent of complaints against Edmonton officers this year came from other officers.
"Perception is far different than reality," Simioni said. "When I hear these ongoing reports about how corrupt the Edmonton Police Service is and how we're trying to cover things up, it's laughable. It's ridiculous to the extreme."
Edmonton's heightened approach to discipline began about a decade ago. In Feb. 2005, Fred Rayner became the third consecutive chief pushed out before the end of his contract. Rayner was let go for his handling of the Overtime incident, a failed sting targeting the president of the police commission and Kerry Diotte, the current mayoral candidate and then-newspaper columnist writing pieces critical of Edmonton police.
Rayner filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit after he was fired and his actions were later found proper and reasonable.
Back then, there were also stories similar to Huff's. At a union softball tournament in June 2005, downtown patrol squad members sported shirts with the number 440 — police code for rat — with a red line through it. During subsequent hearings into the No Rats controversy, the shirts were deemed a "veiled threat" against officers reporting misconduct.
Two constables quit due to intimidation. Officers testified to a "code of silence" to protect their fellow officers. One of them, Monique Prefontaine, later testified about fears of being blackballed and her experiences of intimidation after she reported being assaulted by a fellow officer.
Tom Engel has likely been involved in more police misconduct hearings since those days than any other Edmonton lawyer. The Criminal Trial Lawyers Association, of which Engel is a part, has been aggressive in its pursuit of complaints. Engel concedes Edmonton police have worked hard to improve the situation.
"I wouldn't be surprised if there's less corruption and less abuse of authority in Edmonton than in many other police services in the country," he said. "(EPS) now know that they have to deal with these kinds of complaints in a proper manner."
Along with Simioni, Engel agreed that the number of hearings in Edmonton may lead to mistaken perceptions to the contrary, but he said that might be a necessary cost for transparency.
"What's the alternative, just let it all go unpunished?" Engel asked. "Superficially, people might think Edmonton's a really bad place, but if you look more closely, it's a better place."
While Engel believes Edmonton's police have become more transparent since the No Rats incident, he sees disturbing echoes in Huff's case.
Huff didn't know what to do after the incident. When he and his partner headed back to their vehicle, they discussed the situation.
"I looked at him and I said, 'If we don't do something about this, our careers are over. And if we do do something about this, our careers are over,' " Huff said.
By the time he took his story public last week, Huff's situation had deteriorated. He said he struggled with depression in the aftermath of bullying and intimidation. When he became a school resource officer in early 2012, his problems went with him. He eventually went on stress leave that April.
By June 2012, Huff handed over a 10,000-word complaint to deputy chief Danielle Campbell. The Feb. 2010 incident was referred to the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, while the allegations of harassment were referred to another body. He eventually quit EPS last February.
Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht responded to last week's allegations by suggesting that a civilian oversight body is needed so cops don't investigate cops. It's a move supported by Simioni, who said the same process should be in place for all Alberta police so agencies can't hide or disguise complaints. The "perverse irony" of Edmonton's number of hearings is that rank and file members don't trust the system.
"Let's all sing off the same song sheet, and then we can compare," Simioni said. "Right now, you can't."
While Engel also supports the idea, he said it may not have helped in this case. Engel plans to petition police to referring the entire file to ASIRT, and said he'll be calling on the Edmonton Police Commission to call a public inquiry into how Huff's superiors failed to take his allegations to the proper channels.
"(Campbell) failed miserably in her duty and she's going to have a lot to answer for," he said. "If what Huff says is true, (they) should all be fired."
As for Huff, he doesn't have any regrets about coming forward. He has received job offers and notes from other officers echoing his complaints. If he could, he said he'd put that complaint letter into every mailbox in the city.
"The public needs to know these things because if we don't let the public know about these things, nothing's ever going to change," Huff says. "Maybe the problem I brought forward is a lot bigger than even I anticipated."
Updated Oct. 7, 2013 at 12:56 p.m. to add that Rayner filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit after he was fired and his actions were later found proper and reasonable.


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The University of Malawi (UNIMA) has announced that it has a new Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Kalenga Saka (also of RISE-SABINA), who has replaced Dr. Emmuel Fabiano. Article here.
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In SciDev.Net's new podcast series, 'PhDs in Focus', SciDev.Net puts the spotlight on some of the personal PhD stories behind the headlines. They will be interviewing PhD students and graduates about their routes through academia — the challenges they've overcome, their thinking on science-led development and how their careers fit into these wider debates. SciDev.Net will also be asking them for their suggestions for how doctoral programmes in Africa can expand and improve.
The series launches with an interview with Dr Sithabile Tirivarombo, a Zimbabwean water resource scientist who recently graduated with a PhD in water resource science from Rhodes University, South Africa.
In a wide-ranging discussion, Tirivarombo shares her thoughts on: the different obstacles and opportunities she has encountered on her path through higher education; Zimbabwe's 'brain drain' problem and the impact of political instability on researchers; issues of gender equity in African universities; and how she sees her research contributing to science-led development in Southern Africa.
Tirivarombo's doctoral programme was funded by RISE, the Regional Initiative in Science and Education, a network coordinated by the Science Initiative Group at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, United States, and supported by grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Podcast here.
Since its establishment in 2005, the African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative (AMMSI) has concentrated on promoting mathematics in Sub-Sahara African countries because, at the time of its establishment, it was anticipated that a Millennium Science project would be initiated for the Mediterranean countries, to involve Southern Europe and North Africa. The project never materialized. Over the years, there has been concern about exclusion of North Africa from AMMSI's activities, particularly since some of the countries in this region are equally in need of the kind of support provided by AMMSI. Consequently, the AMMSI Programme Committee recently resolved to establish an AMMSI North Africa Region consisting of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia. The country of South Sudan now becomes part AMMSI Eastern Africa, due to the close economic and political ties it has with Eastern Africa. The Programme Committee also approved the appointment of Prof. Nouzha El Yacoubi, of University Mohammed V – Agdal, Morocco, as the first AMMSI Regional Coordinator for North Africa.
The establishment of the North Africa Region will impact on AMMSI's activities, including MARM, Postgraduate Scholarships (through IMU) and LMS-AMMSI Conference Grants.
RISE-AFNNET's Patrick Ogwang, a researcher at the National Chemotherapeutics Research Laboratory in Uganda, is featured in a 10 minute documentary clip on the anti-malarial tea he has been testing for his PhD through RISE. The video clip is viewable here.
Every year during August, coinciding with the nationwide celebration of women and their achievements, the department of science and technology (DST) hosts the South African Women in Science Awards (WISA) to recognise and reward the achievements of women scientists and researchers in South Africa.
The WISA finalists and winners are profiled as role models for younger women scientists and researchers, the aim being to dispel the myth that science is for men. The DST hopes that the achievements of the award winners will encourage other women to persevere in overcoming gender discrimination to contribute to research and knowledge generation.
We are sure that the finalists and winners will continue to develop the next generation of researchers by mentoring younger scientists, particularly women...Masixolise Pelly Malebe [of RISE-SABINA] graduated from the University of Pretoria with a BSc in human genetics and an MSc in biotechnology. She is currently enrolled at the University of Pretoria as a PhD candidate in biotechnology in the department of biochemistry. She worked as a teaching assistant during her honours and master's studies and is a member of the Golden Key international honours society. Malebe's curiosity as a young child led to her interest in science. She later realised that the answers to many of her questions could be found in genetics textbooks.
Full article on award winners is here (Pelly is on pages 7 and 8).
Wits congratulates Professors Lesley Cornish and David Block for winning under their categories in the 15th NSTF-BHP Billiton Awards. [Professor Cornish is the Principal Investigator for RISE-AMSEN.]
The University is proud of these ambassadors for science, engineering, technology and innovation (SETI) who were acknowledged for their exceptional contribution at a gala dinner on 27 June 2013.
In total twelve awards were presented by the Minister in the Presidency, Trevor Manuel, on behalf of the Minister of Science and Technology, Derek Hanekom. Article here.
Professor Lesley Cornish has been supervising or co-supervising students since 1990. While working at Mintek, she also co-supervised students at Wits and the University of the Western Cape, the latter under scarce skills.
Prior to 2003, she had graduated five PhD students and eight MSc students, of whom one was black and six were female. Since then, she has graduated five PhD students and 13 MSc students, of whom nine were black and four were female.
She was invited to take over the directorship of the DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials in 2007. Part of the purpose of the centre is to increase the number of South African students, especially black and female students.
In 2008, there was a call from Carnegie to establish a sub-Saharan network in a number of fields, including materials. Article here (page 9/10).
...Another program trying to help promising science and engineering students is the Regional Initiative in Science and Education (Rise). The program is trying to boost higher education in engineering and science across the continent, using international networks that connect universities, students, civil society and industry.
"The rationale behind the program," said Arlen Hastings, executive director of the Science Initiative Group, which launched Rise, "was that there are many pockets of excellence around Africa, but there aren't that many African universities, outside of South Africa, that have the capacity to provide comprehensive Ph.D. programs in science and engineering. However, if you take the elements, pieces from each of a bunch, you can put together a pretty strong education."
Full article here.
For decades after sub-Saharan Africa's emergence from the colonial era, its universities were weakened by civil strife and political turmoil.
Faculties of science and engineering declined as older professors retired faster than they were replaced; young graduates lacked financial support to complete their PhDs; professors lacked the resources to do research; and students and faculty alike found themselves professionally and geographically isolated from their peers.
Over the past decade, the urgency of this situation has become clear to institutions in Africa, and to some foundations and other donor organizations. I have had the privilege of chairing a small organization, the Science Initiative Group (SIG), that seeks to address these challenges. The objective of SIG, which consists of a board of international scientific experts and a small administrative office at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, is to help strengthen scientific capacity in developing countries. In partnership with Carnegie Corporation of New York, it supports a competitive program called the Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE) which allows post-graduate students and academic staff to work collaboratively and to advance in their professional careers.
RISE was designed during a series of discussions with African academic and scientific leaders. The more we learned about the damaging effects of academic isolation, the more strongly we saw the need for collaboration and partnerships. Therefore a defining feature of RISE is that it does not support individual people or institutions, but rather networks of academic institutions, each of which is required to have at least three member "nodes" in different countries. Five RISE networks were selected during a competition held in 2008 and judged by independent scientists. Although the scale of RISE is still small (we have supported about 140 students in the last five years), the program has become a credible model we hope to expand and strengthen in the coming years.
Full article here.
When John Mwero looks at charred sugar cane ash he sees sturdy bridges, soaring skyscrapers and stable roads. He's convinced that bagasse ash - the residue that's left after processors suck out the sugar and burn the cane, has the potential to make cement stronger and cheaper.
To test his hunch, Mwero is conducting research towards his PhD degree - and confronting multiple challenges. After two degrees at the University of Nairobi and several stints with area consultants and contractors, Mwero knew civil engineering was his niche.
But funds for doctoral students are limited, advisors are in short supply and critical research equipment may be unavailable or broken.
Many students take seven to 10 years to earn their degrees, which is a long time by the standards of African universities.
"If you need to do a test and there is no money," he says, " you have to go and work and get the money. You eat some of it and do other things with some and save a bit for research, so it becomes an uphill task."
Luckily for him, Mwero's work caught the attention of the Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE), which supports promising science and engineering students pursuing advanced degrees in sub-Saharan Africa. Through gifted scholars like Mwero, the program hopes to boost higher education in engineering and science across the continent - mainly through a series of international networks that connect universities, students, civil society and industry.
Full article here.

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Platteville City Hall will be closing at noon on December 24th and reopening on December 26th at 7:15 a.m. City Hall will also be closed on January 1, 2014. Have a happy and safe holiday season!
Registration for the 2013 Santa Calling Program is underway. More details and the registration for can be found by clicking here.
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Customizing SMF > Modifications and Packages
Tabbed smileys
The mod distributed on this site may be outdated.
The latest version of this mod can always be found at the following address:
Link to Mod
The mod adds a "tabbed interface" to the post form. The smileys are organized in "tabs": the first tab contains all the smileys configured to appear in the post form, the "additional tabs" are defined based on the number of rows of smileys present in the popup (one row = one tab). You can add new rows of smileys from the admin panel, in set smiley order.
With this mod it is possible to use all the available smileys without leave the posting browser window to reach the popup and keep low the number of smileys shown over the post form.
If you want to help, feel free!
The mod is now available at github:
with a brand now BSD license attached to it! :P
NOTE: version 0.3.99b is a BETA version!
In this version I added the possibility to move (almost) all the elements of the posting interface into "tabs". It means that the formatting buttons, the attachments, the "other settings" are all moved on top of the post area each in a separated tab.
Once installed you will find a new drop down box in admin > Forum > Posts and Topics > Post Settings with 3 options:
* Completely off (i.e. the classic SMF interface)
* Only smileys in tabs (i.e. the usual behaviour of the mod, only the smiley are put in a tab-like interface)
* All posting elements in tabs (i.e. the behaviour described just above)Once selected the last option, a new checkbox will appear giving the possibility to chose to show the smileys' tabs in a separated row.
It should work, but I didn't test it that much, so feel free to use it, but be ready to face problems. ;)
That said: I wait your feedback: is it useful? Is it useless? Feel free to test it and report problems or suggestions to improve it!
The changes affect only SMF 2.0, I won't bring them to SMF 1.1.x.
The number of tabs is defined by the number of rows of smileys in the popup: every row corresponds to a tab.
Doing like in the picture will create a third tab: the "basic" (with all the smileys in the post form), the first line of the popup (the :'( in the picture) and the newly added.
It's possible to change the tab a smiley belongs to by changing the position both in "edit smileys" or in "set smiley order".
It's also possible to define a custom name for each tab and change the css style directly in the admin panel, section "set smiley order".
Change log
* 0.3.7: fixed utf8, update to SMF versions 1.1.14 and 2.0
* 0.3.6:
* fixed a bug for SMF 2.0 stopping js execution in some situations and bad behaviour with WYSIWYG editor (i.e. smiley not working...). Many thanks to abraamz for reporting and support in beta testing!
* added polish UTF-8 translation (thanks to becometa) and english-british ISO/UTF-8 and english and italian UTF-8. Note: since I have always problems with characters encoding there I expect problems here too... :P). Thanks Arantor for the hint.
* 0.3.5: fixed the problem of loading tabs only when used for SMF 2.0 (I hope)
* 0.3.4: removed "on demand" loading of tabs content for SMF 2.0 due to a bug reported by RAULVK
* 0.3.3: fixed a bug with SMF 2.0 and IE (double "more" button) reported by Rifugio (thanks!)
* 0.3.2: now the tabs' content is loaded only "on demand"; added an option to hide the "more" button/link
* 0.3.1: updated for SMF 1.1.13 and SMF 2.0 RC5
* 0.3.0: improved flexibility with the possibility to decide which smiley should go in which tab, assign names to the tabs and change the css style
* 0.2.3: initial release particular behaviour: by default the number of tabs is determined by the number of smileys in the post form but it can also be defined in the Smiley and Message Icons settings page of the admin panel.
For anyone who's wondering, this is compatible with SMF versions 1.1.11, 1.1.12, 2.0 RC3 and 2.0 RC4.
Nice work...looks good!
Thanks! :)
I'm now working on make it a little bit more flexible (i.e. give the possibility to decide in which tab a smiley should go).
works fine
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just one problem with custom theme
i cant see tab titles.. any recommendations?
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New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch predicted a week ago that restricted free agent Victor Cruz would wind up with a "higher" annual salary than the roughly $6 million recently given to top slot receivers Wes Welker and Danny Amendola. Tisch wasn't exactly going out on a limb. Cruz has a youth and versatility edge on Welker and has been significantly more productive than Amendola. As it turns out, it appears Tisch also had inside information that Cruz has already been offered more than Welker and Amendola. The Giants have extended an offer that exceeds $7 million per year while adding a "sizable amount" of guaranteed money, Gary Myers of the New York Daily News reported Saturday. The offer would seem to be in the three- or four-year range, as Myers adds that it would still leave the 26-year-old Cruz another chance to land a big contract later in his career.
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In a setting where the actions of one person may have an effect on the lives of others, it is not only desirable, but logical, that grace and consideration for others should prevail. That this ideal is not always attained should not deter men and women from striving to achieve it. At a liberal arts college, it seems natural that social ideals should take their place beside all others.
A dedication to ideals, however, cannot obscure a college's responsibility to maintain an environment genuinely conducive to safety and learning. A student shall take no action that threatens or endangers his or her own safety, health or life; nor shall a student make any verbal threat of such action.
Alma College reserves the right to take disciplinary actions against any student whose conduct is deemed contrary to its stated purposes and standards. At the same time Alma remains committed to the belief that the campus community is best served when members — sensitive to the rights and needs of all — accept responsibility for their own actions. The regulations which follow are indicative of the current standards and processes in effect at Alma College. The Alma College Student Life Handbook contains additional standards for student behavior.
The College reserves the right to alter or add to these rules and processes.
Right To Dismissal. Alma College reserves the right to dismiss or refuse to register a student (always by due process) whenever such action is considered to be in the best interest of the student or of the College. Such action may occur in cases of extreme or repeated violation of regulations, endangerment of self or others, academic failure, conduct deemed unsuitable or behavior that represents a real or perceived threat to the Alma College community.
Disciplinary action may be taken against individuals and/or organizations for misconduct while on or off the campus. This includes students whom College officials or city, county or federal courts may find negligent for violation of any of the criminal and/or civil laws.
Alma College may initiate disciplinary or counseling procedures in cases when behavior becomes detrimental to the academic or personal development of the student and other members of the campus community.
The Alma College Student Life Handbook presents a list of specific behaviors which can lead to disciplinary action. All students are expected to be familiar with the handbook, especially the section dealing with "Community Standards of Behavior and the Campus Judicial Process."
Academic Dishonesty. Appropriate disciplinary action, including possible separation from the College, will be taken when students engage in plagiarism; the exchange of information on examinations; assisting or receiving assistance in the completion of an examination, the writing of an essay or the preparation of a laboratory report; or any other attempt to obtain deceptively an unearned grade.
Disciplinary Procedures. Disciplinary action following academic dishonesty is handled initially by the faculty member in whose class the offense occurred, who may impose penalties up to and including failure in the course. (Note: A student may not drop a course in which he or she has been failed for cheating.) All infractions and actions are to be reported to, and recorded in, the Provost's Office. These cases are then reviewed by the Provost, who, especially in the case of repeated offenses, may apply more severe penalties than those imposed by the instructor. Finally, the Provost may refer cases to the Campus Judicial Committee, which may impose penalties up to and including suspension or expulsion from the College.
Appeals Procedures. A student may appeal the instructor's decision to the Provost. The student may appeal the Provost's decision to the Campus Judicial Committee.
Alcoholic Beverages. The statutes of the State of Michigan allow the purchase and use of alcoholic beverages by persons who have reached the age of 21. Students of legal age may use alcoholic beverages within the privacy of their residence hall rooms with the door closed and in other areas as provided in the "Alma College Alcohol Policy." The excessive use of alcohol under any circumstances is not condoned by the College, and undesirable conduct resulting from the use of alcohol will be subject to disciplinary action.
Assembly. Within the context of established College policies, peaceful assembly and peaceful picketing are recognized as legitimate methods of personal expression. However, protest need not and must not take the form of violence, destruction, damage, physical abuse or confrontation that substitutes physical force for orderly efforts to attain one's ends. It should be remembered that freedom to protest is protected only so long as it does not interfere with the rights and freedoms of others. Students who violate this regulation will be referred to the Campus Judicial Committee or the Vice President for Student Life for immediate action. Depending upon the degree of involvement, destruction of property, etc., the student may be warned, placed on disciplinary probation, suspended or expelled.
Destruction of Property. Students are responsible for the proper utilization and preservation of all furnishings provided in residence hall rooms and will be charged for the repair/replacement of damaged items.
Drugs and Narcotics. Alma College does not allow the possession, use or sale of drugs and narcotics on the campus or in any College facility. Students must observe the drug and narcotic laws of the State of Michigan as well as federal laws and regulations as they apply to the possession, use and sale of these substances. The possession, use and sale of illegal drugs and narcotics under any circumstances is not condoned by the College and will be subject to disciplinary action. Exceptions are those cases when the Alma College Wilcox Medical Center has indicated the need for the medical use of such substances. The policies of Alma College comply with the provisions of The Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989, Public Law 101-226. Further information about drug prevention programs is made available in the Alma College Student Life Handbook.
Firearms, Fire Equipment and Fireworks. The possession or use of firearms, other dangerous weapons (including bows and arrows, knives and crossbows), fireworks or firecrackers is prohibited. Use of fire equipment (extinguishers, alarms, hoses) except in case of actual emergency is a violation of state and local laws. Violators will be subject to prosecution and to discipline by the College. Disciplinary action by the College may include suspension.
Gambling. Alma College does not allow gambling on the campus.
Harassment. Alma College's policy on harassment complies with federal regulations in the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and with Section 75.147b of the Michigan Ethnic Intimidation Statute. The Harassment Policy is published in the Alma College Student Life Handbook and in the Manual of Operation. Policies and procedures are further detailed in Procedures and Policies: Responding to Sexual Assault, Date Rape and Domestic Violence.
Identification Cards. Each enrolling student is issued a Student Identification Card. This card must be presented at the dining hall for each meal; the library to check out books; the Business Office to obtain student paychecks; the Mail Room when receiving registered mail, certified mail and packages; and at the request of any member of the Alma College staff. The identification card also allows the student access to their assigned residence hall while classes are in session as well as admitting the student to many campus activities.
Students using the identification cards of others, lending their ID card, or in any way misrepresenting or refusing to identify themselves will be subject to disciplinary actions and a $75 fine.
Replacements for lost or damaged ID cards may be obtained through Sodexo Food Service. The card must be returned to the Student Life Office when a student withdraws from Alma College prior to the completion of the academic year.
Keys. Any student who possesses and/or uses an unauthorized key to any building or area on the campus will be subject to disciplinary action.
Misappropriation of Property. A fine of $25 per item will be assessed to students who take furnishings and/or equipment designated for general student use, and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken.
Motor Vehicles. A student who wishes to operate a motor vehicle (automobile, truck or motorcycle) on the campus must register the vehicle with the Facilities and Service Management Office at the beginning of the academic year or whenever the vehicle is brought to the campus. All license number changes or change in vehicle shall be reported immediately to the Facilities and Service Management Office.
An annual permit fee will be charged for each vehicle. The amount of the fee is determined by the area in which you choose to park your vehicle. Off-campus students who want to park in a campus lot may register their vehicle for a permit for the commuter lot. Temporary visitor permits can be obtained at no charge.
Students may park their vehicles only in authorized areas. A motor vehicle parking map and regulations are provided by the Facilities and Service Management.
Improper or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on the campus may result in fines, towing and/or disciplinary action.
Pets. For health, sanitation and insurance reasons, no animals except tropical fish are permitted in residence halls or other College-approved housing. Stray animals should be taken to the Gratiot County Animal Shelter. The exception to this rule is for full-time professional, live in staff members (Hall Directors) who are allowed to have one pet (a cat, fish, or small dog not exceeding 25 pounds) in the privacy of their College-owned apartments. Hall Directors who wish to have a pet are required to pay a refundable cleaning deposit of $250 upon confirmation of employment with the College.
Physical Violence, Vandalism and Theft. Any student whose behavior involves either threatened or direct physical violence, malicious destruction of property or stealing will be subject to disciplinary action. Students are urged to keep their rooms locked whenever they are away. Alma College is in full compliance with Section 485f of the Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act of the federal government and annually makes available statistical information on campus crime. The College is not responsible for the loss or theft of personal belongings, valuables or money. It is recommended that students provide their own renters insurance to protect their belongings in the case of damage or theft.
Residence. Alma College is a residential college. Students must live in College residence halls for the duration of their enrollment unless married, living at home with a parent or guardian or otherwise approved for off-campus residence by the Vice President for Student Life, or his designee.
Selling, Soliciting and Peddling. Any solicitation on campus for personal profit or group benefit by students or outside interests must be cleared through the Student Life Office. Student solicitations or fundraising projects in the community of Alma shall be cleared with the Director of Alumni Relations.
Telephones. Students can place campus calls (4-digit number) and, local, toll-free and calling-card calls from their rooms by dialing 9 and the number. To place long distance calls from student rooms or any public phone on campus, students will need a calling card/prepaid card. Each student may request a free voicemail box upon attaining their room assignment. Students are strongly encouraged to set up this voicemail account as it will be a vital tool for retrieving information given out by College officials.
Visitation Hours. Students may entertain members of the opposite sex in residence hall rooms only during hours established by the Student Life Office. Residence Hall Councils may establish more stringent visitation hours. These hours are published in the Alma College Student Life Handbook.


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For many years, software companies have worked around the premise that their software induces "services revenue".
We might observe that the Services component of any solution is derived through discussing the Customer's business problems. Thus, we might see this as a chicken or egg problem, Software is a chicken and Services are the egg.
Customers are quite clear that their business problem comes first…find them a solution and they could care less what the software is called…it will do "stuff" and configuration and training will be required.
Extrapolating the chicken and egg idea (for the fun of it), we might look at what we feed the chicken and how we keep it safe with fox-proof fencing…otherwise, no more chickens, no more eggs. The Solution must be compatible with the Customer's IT Infrastructure, resilient and future proofed. It probably needs to integrate with the Customer's core systems to provide an effective solution and not merely solve one small part of the problem.
Customers often seek solutions from existing suppliers, with whom they have built a relationship of trust over many years and several projects. Companies like ORACLE led the way setting up their Education division when they noticed that is was often the case that a Customer already owned the software to solve their business problem, but lacked the "know-how". What could delight a Customer more than the opening statement "Actually, you already own this software," followed by "we just need to configure it, do a bit of integration and train the users…"
In the case of software that is already owned, is this the equivalent of incubating the eggs properly? And can we draw a parallel between integration with external systems and good exercise we offer free range chickens…?
As I said, just for the fun of it…
- Business Problem = Egg
- Software = Chicken
- Environment = Installation
- Tomorrow's Environment = Incremental development and support
- Feed = Consultancy
- Incubating eggs = User Training
- Integration = Free Range living
- Fox-Proof fencing = Project Management
…and I still cannot answer the question, except to say that from a Customer's point of view, the problem comes first.


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Sorry to hear the news, but glad to know that you are taking some comfort in having been there for him and that he is at peace. ((love skating))
Stale pastry is hollow succour to a man who is bereft of ostrich. - Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory
(((love skating and family))) I'm so sorry for the loss of your father. I'll be praying for you and your family.
(((love skating)))
My thoughts and prayers are with you, and your family. Your words about him being at peace and almost smiling, brings back what I felt about my grandmother. Take care of yourself in the coming days.
I'm so very sorry. You and your family continue to be in my prayers.
Give me one more quiet night, before this loud morning gets it right, and does me in.
love skating, I am so sorry for your loss. You did and were everything you could be for your father, he knows that. Now you have to be strong for your Mom and for yourself and family. Take care of each other. Spend some time talking about the wonderful times you had with your father, it's cathartic. Though his physical being is no longer here, he will always be in your heart. Cherish him. And know that you were cherished too. Hugs to you and your family.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Please remember that you and your family need to take care of yourselves too. It is so easy to not think of this in such a sad time.
My heart, thougts, prayers & hugs go out to all of you!
Peace & Love, Gypsy
Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright.
I'm so sorry!
Your father "fought the good fight", and is at peace, now.
In time, the good memories of your Dad, all of the conversations you had, and everything that you shared will come to the fore.
Those things will always be with you; and will sustain your famly, as you remember them.
My thoughts will continue to be with you.
I wish that my (((hug))) could be more than a "virtual" one.
((((Love Skating)))), I'm so sorry about your dad. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
You mess with the bull, you get the horns; words to live by, to my mind. - Robeye
(((love skating))) So sorry for your loss, but you were exactly right about what mattered at the end -- that your dad knew you loved him, and that you knew he loved you. Take care of yourself. Prayers to all your family.
My thoughts are with you, your mom and the rest of your dad's loved ones. It sounds like you and your siblings were very supportive and loving to him, and I'll bet your dad appreciated that so much, and that your mother does too.
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Hill Campaign Financed by Convicted Felons
Rick Hill set the bar high when he first ran for congress.
He attacked his opponent in the press for taking money from an organization he said "had ties to organized crime."
An Associated Press article (pasted below the fold) from '96 quoted Hill as saying:
"The fact that he took this contribution is arrogant, insensitive to our Montana values and insulting to Montana voters."
As it turns out, Congressman Hill has himself taken large sums of money from well-known convicted felons.
Super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Former Congressman Tom Delay, and former Montana Businessman Dick Dasen have exactly two things in common.
1. They're convicted felons.
2. They finance Congressman Rick Hill's campaigns.
Tom Delay is the former U.S. House Majority Leader. Delay is also a convicted felon who contributed $5000 from his Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC) – as well as $1,000 from his Congressional Committee PAC – to Congressman Hill's campaigns. Delay earned his felony conviction after he was found guilty of conspiring to circumvent a state law against corporate contributions to political campaigns. Specifically, that meant conviction for one charge of money laundering, and one charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Dick Dasen – a felon and former Montana businessman – contributed $500 to Congressman Hill. He later was convicted in Montana on five counts of sex charges related to a major prostitution scandal. Dasen spent an estimated $1 million to $5 million for women to have sex with him, usually in hotels.
Jack Abramoff is a convicted felon and former lobbyist who amassed a fortune by bilking Indian tribes of millions of dollars. His fortune allowed him to contribute $250 to Congressman Hill. He later plead guilty to fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials in a wide-ranging, D.C. corruption scandal. Furthermore, he plead guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges related to the casino boats he bought.
And so, it looks like Congressman Hill's hypocrisy is coming back to haunt him. Besides treating his staff like dog crap and being a terrible boss, this former congressman has a seedy crowd of convicts who have funded his political endeavors.


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The politics of Cox's FlareWatch
October 3, 2013 12:50 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe margins on the low-cost, IP-based TV package might have been half what they were on Cox's comparable standard video package, but was that why the MSO pulled the plug on the service after only three months? Even after announcing FlareWatch was only an experiment?
Divergent paths to TV everywhere
September 19, 2013 12:15 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThat service providers will have to deliver TV everywhere is a foregone conclusion, but a couple of recent announcements – one from Sling and another from TiVo – provided an interesting juxtaposition of alternatives of how to accomplish the feat.
Transparent caching catching on
August 29, 2013 4:18 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsTransparent caching is essentially edge caching, ultimately on behalf of OTT providers. Several companies have solutions in which they cut deals with either the MVPDs or with the CDNs to do transparent caching. The amount of equipment that needs to be added can be minimized, and the improvement in quality of service (QoS) ultimately benefits everyone all up and down the value chain.
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August 20, 2013 1:31 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe cloud is being sold as the greatest innovation since the food industry started building zip-lock technology into the packages of everything from hot dogs to shredded cheese, but there have been concerns: can cloud computing scale to cover hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and aren't you just courting trouble by automatically building in too much delay? But the world is safe for the cloud, according to ActiveVideo.
OTT: an entree with a side of IPDR
July 31, 2013 1:26 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsIncognito Software just released data that pretty much settles the "over-the-top: friend or foe?" debate, at least in North America. OTT is has widely come to be seen as an opportunity, and MVPDs are actively preparing for it. Part of that preparation is learning how to deliberately collect, store, and analyze IPDR data.
Charter ♥s Time Warner Cable!
June 28, 2013 12:32 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe merger & acquisition boys are bored and frustrated, and that can spell trouble. The way these guys work is that stuff has to happen and it doesn't much matter what it is. So now the rumor mill is churning that Charter Communications, prompted by new investor Liberty Media, might buy Time Warner Cable. Or Cablevision. Or both!
Live From the Show: Cable Show 2013 intro
June 10, 2013 1:06 pm | by Brian Santo | Videos | CommentsWe're in Washington D.C., for the 2013 NCTA Cable Show. Eight of 10 buildings surrounding the convention center are being constructed, reconstructed, or deconstructed -- even the Washington monument is wreathed in scaffolding. There's a metaphor in there somewhere...
An itch for telecom reform
March 15, 2013 2:46 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsMore than two decades after the Cable Act of 1992, and almost that long since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, it appears that the sentiment that it's time for wide-ranging, substantive telecom reform is beginning to coalesce among legislators.
February 27, 2013 2:07 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsCablevision's antitrust suit against Viacom is long overdue, but it might also be too late. Trends are leading the industry is heading toward an a la carte model, which promises to undermine programmers' ability to bundle. The question is: how long will the suit drag out?
Milius and milestones
February 8, 2013 5:02 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsRay Milius and his team are responsible for engineering matters at Starz. Starz is not among the largest programmers, but it frequently is among the first programmers to adopt new technologies. Recently, Ray and his team got Starz into TV Everywhere with its Encore and MoviePlex On Demand And Play services.
Muni broadband with a twist
November 1, 2012 2:25 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsChicago intends to do what no American city even remotely its size has ever pulled off – get a municipal broadband network built. There isn't a city in the country that doesn't want better broadband infrastructure. Several cities, tiring of waiting for the market to create those networks, have attempted to build their own.
@ Cable-Tec Expo: Kamen plans to change the world; LaJoie might help
October 18, 2012 4:19 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsDean Kamen tried and failed to change the world with the Segway personal transport. Now he's taking another shot at it, this time with a 200-year-old technological curiosity, and with the unlikely encouragement of one of the cable industry's technology leaders.
Cable doubles down on Wi-Fi
September 7, 2012 3:10 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe U.S. cable industry appears to have decided what its wireless strategy is: It is going to create a vast public Wi-Fi network that requisitions bandwidth from all the home routers it has installed and allocate it to public access. Broadcom is ready with software to enable the approach.
Tales from decrypt
July 26, 2012 3:36 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsJust when the FCC was ready to consider lifting the ban on encryption for cable's basic tier, along came Boxee throwing a wrench into the works.
Comcast trades bandwidth cap for a threshold
May 17, 2012 5:21 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe MSO suspends its 250-GB-a-month usage allocation for all, effective immediately. On the way is a 300 GB allowance, plus the option to buy additional bandwidth.
Cable gets the lead out
May 11, 2012 3:00 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsCableLabs' booth at the upcoming Cable Show will demonstrate how cable is moving at a gallop to innovate, with everything from augmented reality to a new way to tag and ID video content.
Messaging for fun, profit
May 1, 2012 3:00 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsA top 5 MSO installs Front Porch's messaging system and gets a huge boost in response rates on mobile phone app.
Dyyno blows down cost barrier for TV Everywhere
April 17, 2012 2:23 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsUsing low-cost servers, Android-based set-tops and a cloud-based partner, Dyyno puts TV Everywhere within the reach of small operators.
CPE brought into IPv6 test process
March 23, 2012 2:50 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe University of New Hampshire's InterOperability Laboratory will be testing gateways for IPv6 conformance during a mid-April testing event.
Cable's not-Romney
February 9, 2012 4:26 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsAnd now it's Boxee versus the cable industry, which should be making cable nervous. We've seen this David vs. Goliath thing before, with TiVo in the Boxee role, and it didn't end well for cable.
Evolution on evolution
February 3, 2012 12:49 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe digital terminal adapter is one-way device, a limitation that both justifies its existence and bars it from being a long-term solution. From its introduction, the DTA has been considered a dead end – a very, very useful device – but a dead end. Evolution Digital thinks maybe not.
'Tis the season to be jerked around
January 3, 2012 2:03 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsTime Warner Cable once again has found itself in a nasty retransmission rights battle, this time with the MSG Network, which pulled its programming from the MSO's lineup.
What to do in Hotlanta
November 14, 2011 11:37 am | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsIf you've got a minute to spare during your time in Atlanta for Cable-Tec Expo 2011 and don't know where to venture, try one of these places recommended by industry folk.
Google angling to enter MVPD biz
November 4, 2011 2:55 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsThe company has long talked about being in the TV business. The issue was whether it would voluntarily restrict itself to over-the-top (OTT) content or attempt to compete with multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs).
A shave and a service cut – two bits
October 26, 2011 12:12 pm | by Brian Santo | Blogs | CommentsPeople still fear that cord-cutting may yet develop into a phenomenon, but the evidence is that it isn't happening much.
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The genre of modern fantasy and the games that come out of it begin in the earliest traditions of European literature. Beowulf, Arthur, Red Knight- the medieval period of Britain has come to be seen through the lenses of such legends. Download the game that is inspired directly from the seminal works of medieval literature and modern fantasy.
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Momentos congelados en el fluir del tiempo
Érase una vez, en el norte más extremo, el más grandioso pueblo que el mundo haya conocido jamás. No podemos saber cómo fueron, pero podemos comprenderlos a través de su muerte, como nieve derritiéndose bajo el sol.
Ese pueblo desapareció, destruido tal y co... [click here for more]
Quicksilver is the fantasy setting (sourcebook) of the Kingdom of Seloria featuring a bizarre living metal and psychic abilities in a medieval realm with (light) elements of horror.Subjugated Goblins and visiting Elves vie with the ruling humans for possession and mastery of the precious magical metal, Quicksilver! Skilled quicksilversmiths can shape and enchant it with their own psychic power.... [click here for more]
Quicksilver is a fantasy role-playing game set in the Kingdom of Seloria, where subjugated Goblins and visiting Elves vie with the ruling humans for possession and mastery of the precious magical metal, Quicksilver! Skilled quicksilversmiths can shape and enchant it with their own psychic power. But beware! The more of it you shape, and the more power you grant it, the more likely it is to awak... [click here for more]
Fire rained from the heavens. It lit up the sky above the city like a faerie tale and silence fell as the citizens gathered on the city squares and stared at the spectacle. Then the storm of fire struck down. - Death of a Godking, cc. 627
Samaris is the innovative first companion volume to the Dark Dungeon fantasy role playin... [click here for more]
Play the game inspired by Beowulf and the Mahabharata, the King of Elfland's Daughter and the Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Contes du Temps Passé and the Thousand and One Nights, the Brothers Grimm and Baba Yaga.
In Seven Leagues, you assume the role of a fairy-tale characters--not just those of the classic stories of Perrault or... [click here for more]
This is the revised core rulebook for the Spellbound Kingdoms RPG. 300 pages of zeppelins, courtesans, feral children, alchemy, sorcery, engineering, politics, dragons, and slavering undead.
Bound by magic, haunted by fear, and clinging to love, the people of the Kingdoms live in a world on the brink of a new age. Whether that is an age of Enlightenment or a new Dark Age is up... [click here for more]
This is the Combat Primer for the upcoming fantasy roleplaying game Spellbound Kingdoms. It's a fast, light, and tactical combat system where your fighting style makes all the difference. Check out the previews here. Then download it. It's free! And good!
Please do keep in mind what the Primer says: Spellbound Kingdoms is a complete fantasy RPG. In the Kingdoms, you'll find zeppeli... [click here for more]
Stars of Empire is a role playing game in which the Victorian Powers have discovered space flight and are striking out across the vast darkness of interplanetary space. As they explore frontiers on Earth, Luna, Mars and Venus, they encounter transplanted populations of humans, ancient and terrible alien races, and ferocious exotic beasts. Until 1892 each considered the other Great Powers to be ... [click here for more]
The year is 1900, and Industrial America is shattered into pieces. A dense new alloy known as "Bloodore" has been discovered in the Hills of Georgia enabling scientists to increase boiler capacities by a hundred-fold! The unlocked potential of steam technology has lifted America into a new age of powerful gizmos, gadgets, and war machines. ... [click here for more]
"Sticks & Stones - The Free RPG" is now available to playtest. Drawing from over 20 years of tabletop experience and influenced by RPG favorites such as Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 edition, Marvel Superheroes (SAGA) and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - Players' Option: Skills & Powers, is a game where one is only limited by their own creativity. The best... [click here for more]
The Glory of Kings PBM/PBEM is very involved and can be an expensive game in which to participate, both in terms of time and money. For God, King & Country was introduced many years ago as a roleplaying variant to allow players to take part as a single character rather than trying to run an entire nation or pirate brotherhood. It ran for a few years reasonably successfully but... [click here for more]
The scenario features 24 characters including Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Morgan le Fay, Tristan and Isolde, Merlin, the Lady of the Lake, the Fisher King and many more. The charac... [click here for more]
This game tells a fable of three Ladies who came upon the Ice Queen's court and danced with four Lords, all in the pursuit of the One True Love that could yield happiness.
The conclusion of that fable is up to you.
A fantasy fable o... [click here for more]
Two fantastically funny books, acclaimed by reviewers on websites across the world. Look, go and google them if you don't believe us. We'll wait.
Back? Then you'll have learned that The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen was nominated for two Origins Awards (Best New RPG and Best Family/Party Game) and an Ennie Award for Be... [click here for more]
The Marquis of Ferrara is dead.
Niccolò d'Este, the Lord of Ferrara, Modena, Parma and Reggio. The bastard son who inherited the beautiful city at just ten years old. The brave general of the Papal Armies that once held the mad Duke Visconti of... [click here for more]
In 2011 Eos Press released the third edition of the Nobilis RPG.
Herein you will find design notes and usage suggestions for Treasure, one of two new miraculous Attributes introduced in the Eos edition of this game.
Provided absolutely free, thanks to a generous donation from the Nobilis Affairs Foundation of Sweden.
Må din värld glatt fortsätta att exist... [click here for more]
It is the year 1867, and it is a time of revolution.
The new science has done more than bring incredible technologies into the homes of everyday people. It has brought with it a new way of looking at the world. A way based on observation and logic that threatens the ancient dogma of Aluminat church teachings.
New political ideas are sweeping across Europe. Bismark 'The ... [click here for more]
Once this was a world of Magic and Wonder, but that was the dark ages, and a time best forgotten by modern, rational minds.
It is now the year 1867. It has been over three hundred years since the age of magic ended with the thirty-year war. It is an age of unprecedented achievement. Men fly through the skies in balloons, travel overland by train faster than twenty horses! For th... [click here for more]
Worlds of Wonder is a fast, simple to play RPG system designed for use by advance players who wish to create detailed characters without having to roll on endless charts and deal with endless rules. After 30 some years of playing, running and designing games, be they RPGs or board games, we at Avalon Games have come to one conclusion. Its not the game's rules that make it enjoyable, but the p... [click here for more]