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National Framework for the Management and Monitoring of Australia's Native Vegetation
Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council
Department of Environment and Heritage, 2001
4. Best Practice Native Vegetation Management and Monitoring Mechanisms
Similar suites of vegetation management mechanisms are being pursued in each of the States and Territories, albeit with different emphases that reflect the different circumstances facing natural resource managers in each jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding the differences between jurisdictions and regions, it is possible to describe generally agreed best practice approaches within a framework of vegetation management and monitoring mechanisms across the country. The purpose of native vegetation management and monitoring mechanisms is to achieve the outcomes specified in Section 3.
Within each broad category of vegetation management and/or monitoring mechanism, the attributes or qualities of each mechanism generally considered to constitute a best practice approach have been described.
Jurisdictional and regional circumstances will require particular tailoring of these management and monitoring mechanisms, and of the emphasis that any one of them assumes in an overall approach to vegetation management. Notwithstanding this fact, the specific management and monitoring mechanisms described below, and their component attributes, are considered to constitute a best practice vegetation management and monitoring framework for Australian Governments.
Sections 4.1 to 4.7 below present each of the management and monitoring mechanisms under the broad headings of Roles and Responsibilities of Governments, Planning and Assessment, Reserve System, Communication and Capacity Building, Incentives, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Monitoring and Evaluation respectively. These headings are intended to emphasise important elements of a management cycle commencing with assessment and planning, ranging through implementation components, and concluding with monitoring and evaluation.
Though this is a useful structure within which to sort the individual management and monitoring mechanisms of an overall vegetation management strategy, some mechanisms will play a role at various times throughout the management cycle. As well, the concept of initial assessment and planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and continuous improvement applies to any individual mechanism as much as it does to an overall strategy. This point has been captured in the best practice attributes described for each mechanism.
Against the management and monitoring mechanisms identified below is a brief description of the nature, purpose and objectives of each. A detailed description of the attributes considered to constitute a best practice approach to each of these mechanisms is at Appendix B.
4.1 Roles and Responsibilities of Governments and Community
Though individual States and Territories have primary responsibility in the general area of nature conservation and natural resource management, all levels of government and the community share certain responsibilities for native vegetation management.
Within a jurisdiction, many levels of government, agencies and community sectors are involved in the delivery of an overall vegetation management strategy. This raises the issue of determination of roles and responsibilities in an overall implementation scenario.
The efficiency and effectiveness of administrative and political processes and systems for the development and implementation of vegetation management policy and programs is a function of:
- the extent to which roles and responsibilities of the different levels of government can be clearly and unambiguously defined;
- the extent to which duplication of functions between different levels of government can be avoided;
- the extent to which the total benefits and costs of decisions to the community are explicit and transparent;
- the extent to which effective processes are established for cooperation between governments on vegetation management issues; and
- the extent to which responsible governments are clearly accountable to the electorate for the development and implementation of policy.
A national partnership between all levels of government on native vegetation management issues should be based on the following principles:
- cooperation - the achievement of native vegetation management goals should be enhanced by increased cooperative efforts between the different levels of government and with stakeholders. This would include appropriate consultation between governments, communities and landholders;
- effectiveness - policy and program development and implementation should be undertaken to achieve improved native vegetation management outcomes on the ground;
- efficiency - unnecessary duplication and overlap between governments should be minimised;
- seamlessness - policies and programs within and between governments should be designed and administered to ensure that clients experience integrated processes and interfaces;
- simplicity - administrative and legislative systems should be simple to understand and designed to minimise compliance costs; and
- transparency - decision-making processes, accountability for decisions and delivery of policy and program outcomes should be clear and public.
Policy development, program delivery and decision-making should be the responsibility of the level of government best placed to deliver agreed outcomes. Often this means devolution to the lowest practicable level.
Consideration of the roles and responsibilities of the various sectors of the community and government with regard to native vegetation management raises issues concerning the determination of cost-sharing arrangements and prioritisation of resource allocation. Determination of cost-sharing arrangements requires consideration and agreement of what constitutes duty of care in native vegetation management.
Duty of Care, Cost Sharing Arrangements and Prioritisation of Resource Allocation
The clear definition of the property rights and associated entitlements and obligations tied to land ownership is an essential starting point for addressing native vegetation management issues. A distinction can be drawn between:
- the Duty of Care for sustainable land management faced by a landholder; and
- the provision of a non-marketable Public Conservation Service by landholders managing vegetation to meet conservation objectives.
Determining where 'duty of care' stops and 'public conservation service' begins is a difficult issue. It is suggested that the dividing line should be drawn between those management practices required to achieve land use objectives at a landscape or regional scale and any additional practices required to sustain sites of unique conservation value. Hence, a public conservation service is provided when the community's interest lies in securing active and ongoing management of a particular site.
In the long run, the higher the duty of care, the less expensive remnant vegetation conservation will be. In practice, duty of care is defined by existing property rights, that is the legal institutions, legislation and regulations that control land use. Duty of care is not a static concept because scientific knowledge and community expectations will shift through time. For example, the provision of incentives for vegetation clearance, maintained into the 1970s, provides a pertinent case study of Australia's evolving understanding of sustainable land management as public policy is now directed strongly at the conservation of vegetation. The challenge is to develop mechanisms that allow duty of care to be revised and adapted through time.
A 'duty of care' with regard to native vegetation management could reasonably be expected to include protection of endangered species and/or ecosystems, protection of vegetation on land at risk of land degradation, e.g. from salinity or erosion, protection of riparian vegetation, protection of vegetation on lands of low agricultural capability and protection of vegetation on acid sulphate soils. Depending on regional circumstances, duty of care may invoke other management actions or priorities.
Tension exists between providing clear guidance through State and Commonwealth legislative frameworks and maintaining flexibility to take account of regional differences and changing vegetation management objectives. Practical lessons can be learnt from other natural resource industries which have developed Codes of Practice to resolve these issues by institutionalising adaptive management. An adaptive approach to determining duty of care can also be pursued by agreeing and describing what comprises duty of care at the regional scale through regional planning processes. Having determined duty of care, it is possible to consider cost-sharing arrangements on a more informed basis.
The following policy guidelines for cost-sharing arrangements are proposed.
- It is appropriate that native vegetation management involve both private and public investment, and that public investment include investment from all levels of government.
- Public investment should be contributed by the three levels of government in proportion to their roles and responsibilities in given circumstances. In some cases a native vegetation management issue would be substantially a Commonwealth, State or Territory Government responsibility and it would be appropriate for these levels of government to make the bulk of the public investment. Conversely, in other cases a native vegetation management issue may largely be a Local Government responsibility and it would be appropriate for Local Government to contribute the bulk of public investment. In many circumstances however, the issue being addressed will appropriately involve investment from all levels of government. Cost sharing arrangements then need to be determined in a manner that reflects the relative responsibilities of each level of government.
- Where community expectations resulting in legislative or policy changes cause duty of care to be shifted significantly over a short period of time, financial assistance may be provided to speed the transition to the new arrangements and maintain community support. Such payments should be one-off payments in recognition of the need to adjust to a new regime.
- There are cases where the community may seek landholders to manage areas of remnant vegetation at a higher standard than normally expected. In these cases ongoing payments can be justified on the grounds of equity because a conservation service is being provided by the landholder.
- Financial assistance should generally not be paid to landholders to meet their duty of care for sustainable land management.
The roles, responsibilities and interests of the community and all levels of government in relation to native vegetation management are described in further detail below.
4.1.1 Community Role
Communities have a role to:
- sustainably manage native vegetation on land for which they and individual land managers are responsible. Duty of care needs to be exercised in the management of individual parcels of land;
- coordinate local group development and action on native vegetation management issues;
- encourage local involvement in the management of public land;
- communicate to government the native vegetation management issues of their local area;
- communicate to government the solutions to native vegetation management issues they believe are appropriate to their local area;
- participate in local and regional native vegetation management planning and programs;
- raise awareness and improve education regarding native vegetation management issues; and
- form partnerships to increase investment in local native vegetation management issues. This may include partnerships with industry and/or other private sector sources to promote philanthropy towards native vegetation management issues.
4.1.2 Local Government Role
Local government plays an important role as one of the three levels of government in Australia. Many of the decisions regarding on-ground vegetation management are made by local government.
Local government has a responsibility for the development and implementation of locally relevant and applicable environmental policies within its jurisdiction in cooperation with other levels of government and the local community.
Local government also has an interest in the development and implementation of regional, statewide and national policies, programs and mechanisms which affect more than one local government unit.
Local government has its own areas of expertise and capacity, such as the ability to respond quickly to local issues. This means that it has a role to play in the management of vegetation throughout Australia. However, the capacity of local government to make these decisions or to achieve their potential as a positive contributor to vegetation management has often been constrained by legislation or lack of it. Other constraints include the often limited resources and access to expertise in the area of native vegetation management.
Local government's role has traditionally been limited in some States through the granting of specific powers to maintain local infrastructure. In recent years these powers have extended to enable local government to become involved in natural resource and environmental management. There is considerable variation between States.
Local government currently uses a range of tools and mechanisms to manage vegetation. They include:
- its role in land use planning and the development of planning schemes;
- implementation of State and Commonwealth initiatives including Natural Heritage Trust programs and projects, e.g. Land for Wildlife in Queensland;
- local initiatives such as environmental levies to provide funds for land buy back schemes, bonus development rights and trade-off schemes, environmental zoning and protection orders, rate relief and differential rating, covenants and management agreements, devolved grants, and community education;
- local government's role as a land manager and administrator for large areas of remnant vegetation including roadsides and undeveloped townsites;
- employment of Greening Australia personnel to assist with vegetation management; and
- provision of administrative support to community groups in relation to the management of vegetation.
4.1.3 State Government Role
State and Territory Governments have primary responsibility for native vegetation management, in recognition of the constitutional responsibility of the States for land use decisions and their ownership of large areas of native vegetation. The management of parks and protected areas is largely a function of the States. The Commonwealth has a responsibility for parks and protected areas on its own land.
Each State has responsibility for the policy, legislative and administrative framework within which native vegetation is managed within the State. This includes establishing the framework within which local government operates and exercises native vegetation management.
The States have an interest in the development of Australia's position in relation to any proposed international agreements relating to native vegetation management which may impact on the discharge of their responsibilities.
The States have an interest and responsibility to participate in the development of national policies and standards regarding native vegetation management.
4.1.4 Commonwealth Government Role
The Commonwealth has a particular responsibility in the area of native vegetation management in relation to:
- management of areas that lie within its own jurisdiction;
- Australia's obligations under international law including treaties; and
- exports, imports and quarantine.
The Commonwealth also has a particular interest in facilitating the effective and efficient coordination of native vegetation management across all jurisdictions. This may include facilitating the cooperative development of national standards and guidelines, the establishment and delivery of programs, and the provision of funding.
Through its taxation role the Commonwealth has the potential to influence native vegetation management, either positively or negatively due to the incentives and disincentives that taxation mechanisms can create.
The Commonwealth has a role in ensuring that the policies or practices of a State do not result in significant adverse effects on the environment of another State or the lands or territories of the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth has an interest in implementation of the National Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development and the National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity. Similarly the Commonwealth has an interest in the development and implementation of measures and agreed programs to control feral animals and weeds identified in national strategies, agreements, policies and control plans.
The Commonwealth has a responsibility and an interest in implementing programs under the Natural Heritage Trust in accordance with the Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act 1997 and the Partnership Agreements entered into with the States and Territories.
It is the Commonwealth that has the responsibility for negotiating and entering into international agreements that may have regard to native vegetation management.
4.2 Planning and Assessment
4.2.1 Vegetation Inventory, Data Collection and Mapping
Vegetation includes the entirety of plant cover. Individual plants collectively form distinct species associations and spatial patterns. Vegetation includes vegetative cover present in terrestrial, aquatic and marine environments. It comprises spatial and temporal attributes which are recognised as different vegetation types including forest, heath, shrubland and grassland. Attributes of threat and disturbance, e.g. invasive species, logging history and fire history, are used to describe the condition of vegetation.
Vegetation attributes of plant height, spacing and taxonomic groups may be surveyed in the field and/or using remote sensing techniques, eg aerial photographs and satellite images. Data is collected at sites and/or across broader areas and classified into 'structural forms', 'floristic associations' or a combination of both, and represented as spatial patterns using map units. Hierarchical classifications may be developed by subdividing structural forms by the understorey type and by the taxonomic group of the dominant plants, usually to the level of genus or family, or by a combination of other contextual data, eg soils, geology, topography, climate or land use. The type of vegetation information product/s produced, eg maps or tables, is determined by the client's requirements.
Vegetation mapping is arguably one of the most valuable information requirements for conservation planning and natural resource management. Vegetation mapping provides an understanding of vegetation types and extent. Vegetation maps also provide an important resource for answering questions at local, regional, state, and national scales.
Australia's vegetation has been mapped consistently at a small scale while mapping at larger scales is patchy, at varying scales and uses different mapping methods and classification systems. Of the numerous systems in use Specht (1970) is one of the most widely used.
Vegetation maps are used for a wide range of applications underpinning much of the work of resource planners and managers. Vegetation maps enable conservation and land use planning and management, and provide baselines against which changes in vegetation type and extent can be measured.
Some specific applications for vegetation mapping include:
- fire risk and fuel load assessment;
- sensitive area mapping;
- vegetation asset identification;
- resource mapping;
- calculating sequestered carbon;
- protected area planning for biodiversity conservation; and
- a planning tool for cross-referencing and supporting other policy and/or legislative approaches to sustainable native vegetation management.
4.2.2 Biodiversity Status Assessment
Biodiversity status assessment is the determination of the relative or empirical value of an area of native vegetation in terms of the conservation of nature (biodiversity) within a jurisdiction. The aim of a biodiversity status assessment is to identify vegetation types, tenure categories and conservation status across regions, for the purpose of identifying the extent to which the various ecosystems are appropriately represented and managed. The best practice described for undertaking biodiversity status assessments is a two-level approach, comprising a broad scale for the initial review or assessment of large tracts of land, and a more detailed scale for fine tuning or assessment of small areas.
Aspects to be taken into account in making such an assessment are:
- the scale at which the assessment is being made;
- the values considered significant to an assessment;
- the number of those values applicable to the area; and
- the relative quality of those values in the area.
Such information can then be used within vegetation management frameworks, such as the reservation process, for:
- identifying gaps in the current system of protected areas and setting priorities using a bioregional planning framework;
- identifying representative ecosystem areas, i.e. sites of key conservation significance;
- selecting potential reserve areas, i.e. potential candidate protected areas;
- assessing the feasibility of potential reserve areas and negotiating new protected areas;
- establishing and managing new reserve areas, i.e. acquisition and implementation; and
- developing assessment criteria for vegetation management and planning.
4.2.3 Regional Vegetation Management Planning
National and State biodiversity strategies identify the accumulated impacts of past and ongoing habitat loss as major causes of recorded declines in biodiversity. Accordingly, the successful implementation of these strategies depends on an active approach to the retention and protection of native vegetation, one that identifies clear goals and consistent processes but also accommodates regional variations. Vegetation management planning as a component of integrated natural resource management at a regional level (catchment and/or bioregion-based) is recognised as a particularly effective approach to addressing a range of issues including biodiversity, land and water protection and greenhouse gas reduction. Regional vegetation plans should reflect the goals and priorities of the statewide biodiversity strategies and be one of the tools to implement regional catchment strategies, where prepared. Potential greenhouse and land degradation impacts should be taken fully into account in regional vegetation management plans.
A holistic approach that considers the status of native vegetation on public and private land and associated biodiversity assets across all tenures is required to provide the context for development of the regional vegetation plans. While vegetation on public land in conservation reserves needs to be considered with regard to the establishment of conservation targets and active management of fire, weeds, feral animals, dieback, salinity and so on, the regional vegetation plan actions should be predominantly focussing on appropriate protection, management and revegetation regimes over private and leasehold land. Vegetation management programs on public and private land should consider links across the landscape and coordinated pest plant and animal management, as examples of coordinated actions. The vision identified in the regional vegetation plan will be achieved through a combination of public land management and vegetation management actions undertaken on private land.
4.3 Formal Reserve System
A formal reserve system is one established with a sound statutory basis. Typically it would be an Executive Council and Parliamentary process which not only formally established the reserves in the network, but Parliamentary approval would be required to revoke previous reservation action. This security of tenure is one of the key distinguishing features of formal reserves. Plans of management, prepared with public consultation and formally adopted, are also a feature of formal reserves, with implementation by a State-based Government agency.
Reserve systems are devised to represent the array of ecosystems and natural and cultural features throughout the landscape. Increasingly they are based on fulfilling the principles of comprehensiveness (sampling all ecosystems), adequacy (long-term viability) and representativeness (sampling the variation within ecosystems), at least for natural heritage.
Reserves serve an array of purposes and reserve categories have been devised to accommodate these. The formal reserve system includes a range of reserve types which have a statutory basis and are managed for biodiversity conservation. Strict nature reserves, with limited public use and access, are established to protect special scientific values. National parks tend to be larger areas, incorporating a wide range of habitats and natural features, having the primary purpose of nature conservation and providing opportunities for nature-based recreation. Other categories for cultural heritage protection and more active recreation often also include significant areas of vegetation, and these contribute to the protection of biodiversity as well.
Broad objectives for formal reserves are usually covered in the legislation which establishes them. For natural heritage, reserve management objectives are mostly associated with the long-term functioning and viability of ecosystems. Individual reserves will then express this in relation to the particular suite of values they contain, especially for threatened species, the protection of which is often a primary objective.


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Building located on Rue d 'Alsace-Lorraine. Art Deco style designed by architect Jaussely in 1932, accented with lovely bluish mosaics and signed Gentil Bourdet.
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Lobby, Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio
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The Lobby: oval in plan with carnelian red marble columns, gilded capitals and decorative murals illustrate the evolution of musical instruments.
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#282 The Ash Stymest Chronicles
Over the course of four 12 hour days at the Paris menswear shows, I learnt something. If there's tomfoolery going on backstage, Ash Stymest is the guy behind it. Wherever there's a camera he'll be performing for it, whenever there's a rule he'll be breaking it. Whenever I was backstage and he was around I kept my camera firmly focused in his direction.
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is he groping that guys cock?
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average emo hair and bad tattoos.
i'm much more interested in Jethro Cave
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cole mohr & ash in one place..never thought id see it :P
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Letter to the Editor: Romney endorsement written by GOP?
No longer will I have to give this paper the benefit of a doubt and think that maybe they are trying to be unbiased in their columns, news coverage and political cartoons; now it is clear they have swallowed the R/R litany hook, line and sinker. The Mitt Romney endorsement could have been written in the headquarters of the Republican Party - and possibly was. It is replete with the usual nonsense from that camp, saying that we will be crippled by vast new taxes, our adversaries will attack a weakened and pathetic country, health insurance costs will go through the roof and the economy has been nothing but a disaster.
May I suggest that you look at a recent Northern Virginia Daily where you will find these headlines: "Homebuilder confidence rises" and "Stocks higher on 3Q profits." How did you ever slip up like that?
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Mr. Albright, you are right on target but I'll bet not everyone connected with this paper will vote Republican, regardless of what they say. As you probably know this party will not hesitate to "threaten" employees with job loss if they dare vote the wrong way.
This election must be watched carefully and if it's too close to call - We the people must NOT allow another Supreme Court to decide. Who can forget how that smug little shrub walked down Pennsylvania Avenue with the crowds jeering? God knows, we cannot endure another George W. Bush clone!
Romney will do anything, say anything to be elected - his final trophy is the White House.
Let's not allow that to happen. Maybe Jimmy Carter should be watching this country: I wouldn't put anything pass this outlandish Republican Party.
Thank you Mr. Albright for writing the letter I wanted to write. The Northern Virginia Daily can endorse whomever they want. But as you say it appeared to be taken directly from the Romney website. The endorsement was devoid of any originality or thought of their own. Their effort would have embarrased a first year journalism student.
The NVD's endorsement of Mitt Romney, and their reasons for doing so are right on. I suppose the headlines you allude to are intended to show recovery under Obama. Any recent recovery is anemic at best, and can't be directly attributed to Obama any way. you need to think for your self and stop reading the liberal media. The shift of the NVD is in the right direction - more conservative.
Tribune endorsement: Too Many Mitts
Trust Salt Lake City Utah paper on Romney than some paper (NVD) out of West Virginia.
"Adelson — whose gambling operations span the globe from Las Vegas to casinos open or planned in Macau, Singapore and Spain — tells friends he finds the way U.S. elections are funded to be abhorrent, putting too much power in the hands of a wealthy few. So as one of those wealthy few, why would he pour more money into a campaign than 65 average Americans will earn in their combined lifetimes?"
Anyone see the humor in that?
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While McCain's lifetime ACU rating of 82 percent puts him within the conservative range (defined as 80 or above), that masks his annual scores of the past 10 years, which routinely dipped below 80, sometimes into the 60s. The nonpartisan National Journal magazine, in its member rankings, also found that McCain has moved toward the center since the mid-'90s, when the GOP took control of the Senate. When Mr. Bush became president, having defeated McCain in a contentious nomination battle, hard feelings were evident as McCain voted often against his positions.
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I fell asleep on my math book=why I didn't go downstairs to check for food.
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Over the summer, Angela Legrone texted me about a cat. This cat, that had been staying at Angela's cousins house for a few weeks, was at risk for being put down if they
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Zheng beat the 2011 U.S. Open champion 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, breaking Stosur's serve in the deciding game. The Australian double-faulted on match point.
Stosur, who had nine double-faults and 56 unforced errors, has spoken of her difficulty in playing before her home Australian crowds.
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The striatum, a large cluster of nerve cells tucked away within the depths
of each hemisphere of the brain and heavily dependent on the neurotransmitter
dopamine, is crucial for motion control, reward, and emotion. And new research
suggests that the SSRI antidepressants may have some part to play with this
Studies have suggested that depression might involve the striatum. For
example, the concentration of dopamine and the density of striatal dopamine
transporters were found to be abnormal in patients with major depressive
disorder. Previous research has suggested that the actions of antidepressants
are influenced by dopamine and by the interplay of serotonin and dopamine.
John Dani, Ph.D., a professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of
Medicine, and colleagues treated striatal slices from mouse brains with the
SSRI antidepressant fluoxetine. They found that such treatment tricked
transporters on striatal nerves that use dopamine as their neurotransmitter
into ferrying serotonin instead of dopamine into striatal nerve terminals.
Further, serotonin carried into these terminals was subsequently discharged
along with dopamine. When the researchers injected mice with fluoxetine, it
seemed to lead to the same serotonin "freeloader" phenomena in the
striatum that fluoxetine treatment had produced in vitro. The researchers
reported their findings in the April 7 Neuron.
In an accompanying editorial, David Sulzer, Ph.D., an associate professor
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neurology at the University of California, San Francisco, said, "The
evidence that antidepressants induce serotonin accumulation by dopamine
neurons has now been significantly advanced.... [However,] it is not yet known
if such serotonin release by dopamine neurons contributes to the therapeutic
effect of these agents."
Dani and his coworkers think that it might. "We can conclude...that
the extremely dense dopamine transporters in the striatum are able to
transport serotonin into dopamine terminals when extracellular serotonin is
elevated," they said in their report. "Normally, this process may
be of little significance because of its low efficiency and the low
extracellular serotonin concentration. However, it may play a functional role
when serotonin is elevated for prolonged times during treatment with SSRI-type
The study was funded by the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia
and Depression and the National Institutes of Health.
An abstract of "Corelease of Dopamine and Serotonin From
Striatal Dopamine Terminals" is posted online at<www.neuron.org/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS0896627305001261>.▪
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I've been wondering why the word "strike" has suddenly been unblocked on Sina Weibo, and I may have found some leads.
My suspicion was that there may have been some story that was significant to someone, or some organization, within the government that regarding a strike-related story, thereby requiring the keyword to be unblocked. In the past, I've called these "party-promoted posts", associated with the unblocking of keywords related to sensitive issues.
I believe I've found a candidate story. A few weeks ago in Singapore, around 170 bus drivers, who are Chinese citizens, went on strike (story from BBC). A few who were accused with organizing the strike were forced to stand trial and are facing fines and jail time. Recently, the alleged organizers' contracts were terminated.
Now that I can search "strike", I found several posts from the time of the story circulating the story of the Chinese strikers in Singapore on several official news accounts. What's more interesting is there's a story on the strikers in The People's Daily Online (can't get much more party line than that). A quick search of "strike" in their records shows brings up this story, but, of course, nothing about all the countless other strikes happening in the country recently. There's literally once sentence mentioning a strike at Foxconn in article that is otherwise unrelated to strikes, and the People's Daily hasn't carried recent strikes by sanitation workers in Guangzhou or worker militancy in Shanghai, as I mentioned in my last post.
My guess is that this was an important story politically, not to mention foreign policy relevant as opposed to a domestic story. If I had to place a bet on why the term "strike" has been unblocked, it would be because of diplomatic tensions between Singapore and China. China running the story in a high public position might be a diplomatic gesture of discontent toward Singapore.
Although it's not nearly of the same scale, this reminds me of the great opening on Sina Weibo during the recent anti-Japan protests. This incident definitely doesn't have the mass movement behind it like the anti-Japan protests, but it may do the job of tarnishing Singapore's image.
I only check the term "strike" for fun every couple months, and it has always been blocked. It's normally my go-to example when I want to show someone a term that is blocked. The term could have been unblocked for many weeks now, but if we consider it a fairly recent incident, this is the best candidate.
The Chinese Digital Times database of blocked keywords shows that the term "strike" has been blocked since the database was first started in April of 2011. They have not recorded a case of unblocking for that particular term.
Whether it will get reblocked is another matter entirely. If I happen to be correct here, it almost seems as if the Sina staff simply neglected to reblock the story - possibly because they weren't receiving any frantic calls from officials regarding strikes, requesting they silence the issue (something I've covered in my recent working paper).
Perhaps if there's a very large, violent or otherwise significant strike that really causes alarm in coming days, we'll see it's reblocking. Other explanations would be more intriguing, but very difficult to determine conclusively, like a shift in the policy of the Propaganda Department, or a sudden campaign by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions to highlight worker action. I've actually checked the later. While the ACFTU is constantly pumping out news about worker's issues, I haven't seen any recent news that convinces me of what would be a very surprising move.
Please let me know if you have any insights! Thanks!
Thanks to China microblog-watcher William Farris for letting us know that by his record, "strike" was still blocked on January 6th, the same day as the BBC story.
That's really great to know. There's still a large unknown space of a few weeks to look at, and I was thinking the unblocking might have coincided with the release of a more official story, like the People's Daily story on January 24th.
I still haven't done a detailed account of all the stories released on this issue. That will take some leg work, but perhaps I'll be able to pursue it soon.
Be sure to check out the Google+ account of William Farris. His blogging on microblogs, especially their censorship, is easily some of the best I've seen!
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Research Scholarships
Business School Research Scholarships
|Basic Eligibility Criteria*
|Application Dates
Business School Research Scholarship - tuition plus stipend
$50,000pa paid as tuition fees with the remainder paid a stipend for a period of up to 3 years with a possible 6 month extension.
International full-time candidates enrolling in the Business School PhD program with an unconditional offer when applications close. Continuing full time candidates can also apply up until the third year of candidature. NOTE: International applicants may be awarded a stipend only scholarship.
There are two application rounds a year. For application dates, visit the calendar of important dates.
Business School Research Scholarship - stipend only
$30,000pa available for a period of up to three years with a possible 6 month extension.
Domestic full-time candidates enrolling in the Business School PhD program. Continuing full time candidates can also apply up until the third year of candidature.
There are two application rounds a year, one each semester. For application dates, visit the calendar of important dates.
MEAFA "Top-Up" PhD Research Scholarship
Students must be awarded a primary University of Sydney or Business School Scholarship in the first instance. The MEAFA top-up to the maximum of $40,005 total (primary plus top-up) per annum.
Domestic or International full-time candidates enrolling in the Business School PhD program. Candidate must have interest in working in financial analysis using advanced quantitative research methods in statistics, econometrics or operations management. Visit the MEAFA website for further information.
30th November for studies commencing in the first semester, and 30th May for studies commencing in the second semester.
*Full eligibility criteria is available from the Research Student Program Manager.
All students must apply for a University Scholarship in the first instance, should your application be unsuccessful then you will automatically be considered for a Business School Scholarship.
Further information on University Scholarships can be viewed at the following websites:
If you are not eligible to apply for a University Scholarship in the first instance you may submit an application directly to the Business School Research Unit.
Business School Scholarships for March 2015 are now open and close on 31 October 2014.
- Business School Research Scholarship Application Form
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For University scholarships extension requests please visit the University of Sydney Research Scholarship webpage.
For Business School scholarships candidates should check the letter of award to ensure they are eligible for a scholarship extension. If so, the request for an extension should be lodged six weeks (but not earlier than ten weeks) prior to end of the scholarship.
The candidate should forward a letter, addressed to the Director of Doctoral Studies, formally requesting the extension listing the reason(s) for the request. The letter should include the candidate's full name, student number, scholarship type and student email address. The request must be supported in writing by the supervisor and Postgraduate Research Coordinator. If the supervisor and Coordinator is the same person, only one endorsement is required. The support should state that the candidate's progress has been satisfactory and that the reasons for requesting an extension are genuine and related to research.
If the Supervisor and the Postgraduate Research Coordinator wish to clarify certain issues, or consider that progress is not entirely satisfactory but nevertheless wish to support an extension, then the supervisor should write a more detailed letter stating why the extension is justified. This letter should be endorsed by the Postgraduate Research Coordinator and attached to the candidate's request for extension.
Once the request plus discipline support is obtained by the candidate the documents should be forwarded to the Research Unit for processing.
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Further information on the Business School Scholarships can be obtained from Maryann van de Wetering, Research Student Program Manager, The University of Sydney Business School, on (02) 9351 3086, email: email@example.com.
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Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) Scholarship
PhD students applying to the Business School, particularly if they are studying finance or accounting, may apply for a CMCRC scholarship of up to $50,000 per year. However, special conditions apply to these scholarships. Details can be found at www.CMCRC.com (students should consult this website before directing enquiries to the Business School staff).


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PC NEWS: As it turns out, it isn't 1995 anymore!
In early benchmarks, AMD's new line of Bulldozer chips lag behind Intel Core i5s. Initially, I was massively disappointed but, apparently the benchmarks hold bias toward older Single or Dual core processing and fail to properly challenge a new line of chips able to support 8 cores in some arrangements.
This reminds of me of really dim witted arguments in a pc gaming forum talking about how the Sony/IBM/Toshiba PPC Cell Processor was inferior to Intel's i7 900 series because of clock ratings/inability to overclock. In truth, the cell processor is a computational mammoth, and was a ridiculously innovative technology in 2006. I mean no one is amazed my ps3 can play Crysis on full graphics, just saying. Find me a computer from 2006 that could claim as much.
The real issue here is that benchmarks need to be redesigned to properly analyze the type of computational power that the PS3 and the Bulldozer processors have.
Also PC users need to go blow off some steam and stop getting so offended when anything challenges their worldview. "Macs Suck" "PS3's aren't that fast" "OSX is terrible" "Linux is bad at (everything)" "Only (noobs) use Macs" "(apple product) is just a fad." Things change. AMD isn't a run of the mill option anymore, and Mac's don't crash every ten minutes. It is not 1995.
Disclaimer: I have a server running Linux, a Mac, and 2 Windows computers. I have a PS3. A Core i7 400(2.9ghz) is in one of my PCs and a AMD Socket AM3 Quadcore(3.0ghz) is in the other.


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Cabinet Affectation Lighting – Installationby Mic MC
Cabinet affectation lights are acclimated to brighten cafe cabinets, china, or cabinets that accept accessible or bottle shelves. This attenuate lighting aftereffect brightens the cabinet's autogenous to highlight your sentimental, creative, or accessory objects. It is basic abnormally in showcasing homes that are up for sale. By abacus artful adorableness to any affectation case or cabinet, it shows that you accept pride in and affliction for the things that are a lot of important to you. Chiffonier lights appear absolutely active thereby authoritative them simple to install in a lot of cabinets. Below, we yield a attending at what you will charge as able-bodied as the action for installing chiffonier affectation lighting as follows:
What you crave
• A Bang
• Ambit clips
• Addendum cords (optional)
• Spiral gun
• A Forstner bit that is 1 ¼-inch
Begin by aperture the doors to the chiffonier area you ambition to install the lighting. For beaming fixtures, you should ability up and abode the ablaze appropriate abaft the cabinet's rail, authoritative abiding to centermost it at the top, with the end of the bond active either appropriate or larboard depending on the electrical outlet's location. And aback there is a spiral aperture at anniversary end, use the spiral gun and screws that accompanied the ablaze kit to spiral the accoutrement appropriate at the top.
For braiding lighting, ascent clips should be busted abaft the cabinet's rail. As braiding lights are accompanied by baby clips, use the screws and spiral gun to spiral the clips which should be spaced out in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Again, this should be abaft the cabinet's top rail. Next, with the end of the bond active either appropriate or left, advance the braiding central the clips according to the electrical aperture location.
Next, the bond should be continued central the cabinet's top perimeter. The baby ambit clips should be broke over the bond application a bang to authority them in place.
Using the 1 ¼-inch Forstner bit, angular assignment holes in the centermost of the chiffonier but alone if it is installed adjoin a wall. Again, through the cabinet's side, assignment addition accumbent aperture about three inches from the floor. However, if the chiffonier is free-standing, the aperture should be accomplished out through the aback at the top.
The butt of the bond should again be run through the holes afore it is acquainted in.
Due to the assorted chiffonier configurations, you may charge to use addendum cords or assignment through ancillary jambs in adjustment to get ability to your ablaze fixture. You may aswell use cellophane band to defended ability cords which may be blind about at the top. The ablaze about-face should consistently be amid at the top and never at the bottom.


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a family member of mine was convicted of methamphetamine distribution in court the lawyer made a " deal" with him and told him he would make sure the family member Matthew Mowery would only get 168 months so the family member blind took the offer and refused the 15-year plea agreement. Matthew argues he rejected it on the basis of his counsel's bad advice. is there anything you can help me with here?
If a defendant wants to claim that he took a plea deal based on faulty advice or what are called affirmative misrepresentations by their plea attorney, they can file what is called a 2255 motion within one year of the plea being entered. The motion would more or less say that the plea was not voluntary because it was based on bad or incorrect advice given by the attorney. 2255's are tricky and, even for the lawyers who handle them all the time, low percentage as far as success. This guy really needs to talk to an attorney who regularly handles appeals and post-conviction work if he wishes to go down this road. Most likely he had a written plea agreement that may further complicate the situation, but with the right attorney he can get it before a judge and at least make his case that the plea was not voluntary and/or that the sentence was too harsh.
Much more information is required in order for a lawyer to form any opinion as to what might be done to address the situation. Firstly, when did this conviction take place (i.e. does the defendant still have his appeal rights)? Secondly, I would need to know much more about the communication between the defendant and the lawyer. The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that it can be ineffective assistance of counsel for a lawyer to give inaccurate or misleading information about proposed plea agreements. You should contact an experienced federal defense lawyer immediately.
I agree with my colleague. Ineffective assistance in a situation like that is a complex legal matter and will require consultation with an attorney who may be able to challenge the plea through a habeas petition. You should contact a federal attorney to look into your options.
If the defendant entered into a plea agreement that ultimately proved unfavorable, based on his attorney's erroneous advice, the conviction and sentence may be vacated if the defendant can demonstrate that the attorney's meets the legal standard for ineffective assistance of counsel.
Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq.
Not likely. The judge explained in accepting the plea agreement that the sentencing judge has discretion to sentence above the guideline range
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At several points during Band of Horses' Tuesday night concert at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre, frontman Ben Bridwell would stop and introduce a member of the group to the capacity audience.
"Hey, y'all, this is my friend Tyler Ramsey," he'd say about the guitarist to his left.
Or, "I want you to meet my friend Ryan Monroe," referring to the band's keyboard player.
That interaction between band and crowd seemed to be a theme throughout the special evening, which kicked off a brief acoustic tour to coincide with their amazing new album Acoustic at the Ryman. It was clear they were cultivating a family atmosphere—a "come on in, kick off your shoes and join us in the living room" type of celebration.
The group adorned the stage accordingly, with vintage dining chairs, a record player and a few dusty looking lamps adding to the homey feel.
Following opening set from Steve McBean of Pink Mountaintops (in addition to Vancouver psych collective Black Mountain), Bridwell, Ramsey, Monroe and bassist Bill Reynolds took their spots and launched into a quiet version of "Neighbor," with the song's warm vocals filling up the classic venue.
Considering how Acoustic at the Ryman contains only 10 tracks—a veritable greatest hits compilation from Band of Horses' robust catalog—they could have gone in a lot of directions when filling out their live setlist. For sure, it was exciting to watch the guys mix things up throughout the performance while obviously have fun doing it.
After "Neighbor" came "Marry Song" and "Slow Cruel Hands of Time," two more that highlight the group's rich harmonies, led by Bridwell's heartfelt croon.
Five songs in, the Horses kicked up the tempo with a rollicking "Laredo," a gem off 2010′s Infinite Arms, and "Is There a Ghost" from 2007′s Cease to Begin.
Bridwell then presented Ramsey, who frequently opens for the full band as a solo artist. Ramsey demonstrated why he is more than capable of handling those duties with a brief solo interlude on his guitar before everyone joined in on the plaintive "Everything's Gonna Be Undone" and an uplifting version of "The Great Salt Lake."
Bridwell then laughed when he stood and walked to a microphone at center stage, stating, "Here's something different," as his bandmates left him alone with his guitar for "St. Augustine."
When Ramsey, Reynolds and Monroe came back out with their instruments and big smiles on their faces, Bridwell asked the audience, "Can you tell we like each other?"
Everyone stood at the mic with Bridwell for "Factory" and a few more hits, such as "Ode to LRC" and "Compliments."
No Band of Horses concert would be complete without "Weed Party" and the soaring "No One's Gonna Love You," which helped close the regularly scheduled proceedings.
Of course, they had to come back out for an encore, as well, and that took the form of "Evening Kitchen" and "The Funeral," sending everyone out into the cool L.A. night satisfied.
There might have been a few hiccups along the way— a guitar needing a quick tune here, a monitor needing an adjustment there— but that all contributed to the laid-back vibe of event.
Not only did Band of Horses touch on highlights from each of their four studio albums, but Tuesday's tour-opening show was also an excellent display of the group's prodigious talent.


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Scenes From The Lime Crisis
March 29: "As a result of high prices and rampant lawlessness in some Mexican regions, criminals who may be linked to drug gangs are plundering fruit from groves and hijacking trucks being used for export… While it is ironic that the current lime crisis may in some part be blowback from our own drug policies, it is crucial to remember that a few months of inconvenience to American margarita lovers is trifling compared with the anguish of Mexicans whose livelihoods and lives have been destroyed."
April 1: "Hard times in Margaritaville: skyrocketing lime prices slam Mexican restaurants and bars. Cartel violence in the Mexican state of Michocan, plus floods and tree disease, have driven costs of the green citrus to an all-time high."
April 21: "A nationwide surge in the price of limes has squeezed one of Brooklyn's most famous pie shops that relies on the tart fruit."
April 21: "And so, with the brutal winter finally breaking, the limepocalypse has set off a full-scale panic for bartenders and restaurant owners, with a lime black market of sorts popping up around the city. Some are adding a dollar or two to the cost of a margarita; other spots are taking the hike on the chin, hoping prices drop soon. 'People are basically claiming to be citrus drug dealers,' says Noel, only half-joking: Bartenders report friends from around the country are posting pictures on Facebook of limes wrapped and labeled in plastic bags like pounds of cocaine."
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UPDATE: Just now heard on America's Morning News that Spain has an unemployment rate of 55%!!!!!
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Almost a decade ago, Europeans and many progressive Americans were lamenting how the United States was going to miss out on the 21st-century paradigm symbolized by the robust European Union. Neanderthal Americans were importing ever more oil while waging a costly "war on terror" and fighting two conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our budget deficit in 2003 hit $374 billion.
The EU avoided foreign conflicts and embraced soft power. Its declining military budgets and centralized transnational government ensured that it could address global warming and fund ever-expanding entitlements. Even the poorer Mediterranean nations reached new heights of prosperity. The Greek economy...


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Get pumped for Flugtag Ottawa with this sweet video highlighting the top 10 Flugtag crashes.
In Russia, Ken Block rules the road.
Get your "Holy Hell! Did you just see that?" shoes on because you are about to take a journey into awesome.
"You're free, little mouse! Enjoy the remaining five seconds of your life."
You'd be pissed too if your foot was stuck in a trap and some jerk was poking you with a stick.
Suddenly that spider you killed in the shower over the weekend doesn't seem so manly.
The event attracted over 1 million visitors and included the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Not your average community fireworks display.
A corner store becomes a full blown orchestra to unsuspecting customers.
Amazingly, the rope was able to support his huge balls of steel.
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