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T. van der Walt, A. D. Coetsee and S. H. von Solms
For South Africa, a developing country, social, economic, political and cultural transformation is very high on its agenda. Information and communication technology (ICT) is a key enabler to achieve these developmental goals and to position South Africa for sustainable growth. But without appropriate governance, the value of ICT cannot be unlocked.
The King Report on Corporate Governance updated in 2009 (King III), issued by the King Committee on Corporate Governance, explains good governance in the context of effective leadership, as the responsibility of strategic leadership to define strategy, provide direction and ensure sustainability of performance.1
Corporate governance of ICT (CGICT), as a subset of corporate governance, is subject to strategic leadership in an organisation. When this leadership is either lacking or poorly executed, it negatively impacts the performance of the organisation.
The successful implementation of CGICT in an organisation is dependent on the implementation of effective governance and management systems on three levels: the governing body, organisational management, and ICT management and operations. (The last item is not the subject of and, thus, will not be addressed in this article.)
Internationally, much research, literature, best practice and standards are available on CGICT. However, research and case studies on CGICT in the governments of developing countries are lacking. For the purpose of this article, the authors identified the following as international best practices in the field of CGICT:
The article will further discuss how the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA)'s CGICT Policy Framework (CGICTPF)5 was influenced by these international best practices. The scope of this article is the South African Public Service, which is constituted of two levels of government, namely the national and provincial government, excluding local governments.6 Reference to departments includes national and provincial departments and provincial administrations.
The CGICTPF facilitates the institutionalisation of CGICT as an integral part of corporate governance within the South African Public Service in a uniform and coordinated manner.7 It follows a layered approach making provision for Public Service-wide political direction and oversight from Parliament and Cabinet, involving policy and monitoring departments and forums. On a departmental level, it provides an accountability structure for the executive authority, head of department and executive management through a set of principles and practices, and provides a governance model and an implementation approach.8
Guided by the CGICTPF, departments are expected to further develop and implement their own framework to suit their individual environments. The CGICTPF requires departments to follow a three-phased implementation approach:
It is acknowledged that there are many related good practices and frameworks in the field of CGICT. However, the Governance Task Team found ISO/IEC 38500, King III and COBIT 5 to be the most relevant to inform the development of the CGICTPF because they discuss the practices and principles required to implement CGICT. In this context, a principle is expressed as a preferred behaviour to guide decision making, and a practice is the activities through which the principles are implemented.9
ISO/IEC 38500 StandardThis advisory standard provides a top-down approach and is comprised of definitions, principles, practices required to implement the principles, and a model for the governance of ICT and its related activities.10 The model describes the tasks of evaluating, directing and monitoring and is used to apply the principles. The principles primarily guide governing bodies, which can, in turn, direct that certain actions be taken by management. ISO/IEC 38500 explains the increasing importance of ICT, as a functional business tool, to the current and future business plans of organisations and the related significant ICT expenditure. It assists governing bodies and management to understand their responsibility for ICT within the organisation.
King III The King III report dedicates a chapter (Chapter 5) to the governance of ICT. It also follows a top-down approach to address the accountability of the governing body and management regarding "leadership, sustainability and corporate citizenship" responsibilities for corporate governance, fully integrating ICT into an organisation.11 It alludes to the ever-increasing reliance of organisations on ICT as an enabler of business and the resultant escalation in organisational risk. King III creates awareness about the responsibility of the governing body and management for the effective and efficient governance of ICT to ensure that they support the strategic objectives of the organisation. In support of the creation of awareness, King III provides specific principles and practices that should be achieved and executed within a "comply or explain" regime12 by the governing body and management.
COBIT 5COBIT 5 is a comprehensive business framework that follows a holistic (top-down and bottom-up) approach to assist organisations in achieving their objectives for GEIT.13 It focuses on the pervasiveness of ICT, the increasingly important role ICT plays in improving quality of information and generating value from ICT expenditure. The governing body and executive management need to embrace ICT as they would any other asset/resource of business.
Comprising five principles and seven enablers, COBIT 5 creates awareness of the importance of implementing CGICT in support of strategic goals at all levels of an organisation. It provides a comprehensive and adaptable framework of governance and management processes, allocating responsible, accountable, consulted and informed (RACI) roles as well as a facilitative implementation guide.
COBIT 5 also supports the adoption of ISO/IEC 38500's principles and implementation approach.14
King III and ISO/IEE 38500 provide primarily top-down approaches for the implementation of CGICT. COBIT 5, on the other hand, follows a combined approach. A combination of these best practices guided the holistic approach followed in the CGICTPF.
Layered Governance ModelAlthough generic, the best practices for CGICT focus primarily on the private sector. They refer to governing bodies as the board of directors and organisational management, implying a two-layer approach. King III, ISO/IEC 38500 and COBIT 5 agree that the ultimate accountability for corporate governance of ICT lies with the board. The equivalent of this had to be defined in the South African Public Service context.
On a Public Service-wide, holistic level, Parliament and Cabinet fulfil the role of the governing body, whilst within the individual departments, each with its own mandates and governance structures, the executive authority (minister) provides political leadership and the head of department and executive management (heads of branches within departments) provide the strategic leadership. This complexity required a three-layer approach in the CGICTPF:
Currently, most departments treat the ICT function as a technical entity15 and do not govern it as an asset to add value to service delivery. Its governance is not embedded in the corporate governance systems within the three levels. The CGICTPF facilitates the institutionalisation of CGICT on these three levels.
Governance and Management ModelISO/IEC 38500 establishes a model for the governance of ICT, which describes the evaluating, directing and monitoring tasks of the governing body.16 This model was adapted to reflect CGICT from an external, Public Service-wide political, prescriptive and oversight environment to a departmental, internal context, depicting the total value chain.
Accountability FrameworkDue to the history of the apparent disconnect between political and strategic leadership and the ICT function in departments, it was concluded that King III should comply with or explain the system of governance with no significant results in departments. King III, however, alludes to the allocation of accountability and responsibility to both the board and organisational management. The required results in the South African Public Service can be achieved only in a compulsory compliance regime within the ambit of the Public Service Act and Regulation;17 therefore, an accountability framework was created that allocates specific principles, with their related practices, to the political and strategic leadership of departments.
Principles and PracticesISO/IEC 38500, King III and COBIT 5 demonstrate the concept of governance principles to achieve a specific outcome. ISO/IEC 38500 provides principles and describes practices as necessary for successful implementation of CGICT,18 whilst King III allocates specific accountability to the board through specific principles and related practices.19
COBIT 5 is based on principles and incorporating enablers, and also provides comprehensive governance and management processes and related practices, which provide guidance for the implementation of CGICT. The CGICTPF principles and practices were derived from these best practices, with the political and strategic leadership of a department being accountable for their implementation.
The principles address political and strategic mandate, CGICT, business and ICT strategic alignment, ICT expenditure, risk management and assurance, and organisational behaviour. The practices provide for the execution of the principles by allocating specific accountability, roles and responsibilities to the political and strategic management. The practices also allude to vertical sector mandates in which the mandate of executive authorities transcends into relevant business, provincial and local government.
Governance and Management SystemsISO/IEC 38500 and principle five of COBIT 5 require separate governance and management systems for CGICT.20 The CGICTPF is a governance framework and does not create context for a management system. The latter will be addressed in the pursuant implementation guideline, which will be derived from the COBIT 5 management processes.
Implementation ApproachThe generic implementation guidance of ISO/IEC 3850021 and COBIT 522 confirmed the importance of developing an implementation guideline for the CGICTPF. Therefore, the CGICTPF provides specific implementation guidance on how departments should create an enabling environment through a CGICT policy and charter, developing and implementing related policies and coordinating governance functions. Departments are further expected to perform business and ICT strategic alignment and achieve continuous improvement. The CGICTPF contains specific timelines within which each of these must be achieved.
No other case studies could be found where these international best practices were collectively and selectively adapted to a public service/federal government context. Thus, the DPSA had to develop a tailor-made CGICTPF. However the CGICTPF does not re-invent the wheel. Where applicable, it draws on the strengths of each of the leading international best practices. It spells out what should happen, how, when and by whom, thus providing specific guidance.
Extensive knowledge of the organisational environment is required for the development of a framework of this magnitude. In the South African Public Service, this knowledge base was available internally.
The CGICTPF is a flexible, holistic approach and creates a governance regime that spans all three levels of governance of ICT required in the South African Public Service. The CGICTPF follows a top-down approach from Cabinet and Parliament, the political governance of ICT, to political and executive leadership, at which point the executive authority for a department is accountable.
A principle-based accountability structure according to which the political and strategic leadership of departments must integrate the CGICT into their unique governance systems is provided. Furthermore, the policy framework provides practices to cascade the implementation of the governance principles, a timeline for their implementation, as well as context for a standard against which conformance and performance are measured.
As research/case studies on the CGICT in the governance regimes of governments of developing countries are lacking, it is anticipated that South Africa is the first public service to implement holistic CGICT. The CGICTPF could easily be adapted for governments of other developing countries.
Political support of the CGICTPF has not been tested as it is not yet approved by Cabinet. A lack of political will and drive would seriously impact the Public Service-wide implementation of CGICT.
The acceptance of and commitment to the implementation of the CGICTPF at the political and strategic leadership level in a department may place obstacles in the department's road to conformance.
The political and strategic awareness of and buy-in to the CGICTPF and its related change management may delay the implementation process and may cause departments to miss implementation timelines.
The CGICTPF does not contain governance and management processes for implementation. It does, however, indicate that the implementation guideline provides guidance to the departments on the minimum set of COBIT 5 processes that should be implemented. The implementation guideline is still in development, thus the processes to be focused on have yet to be finalized.
CGICT is not a new subject and is addressed by international best practices such as King III, ISO/IEC 38500 and COBIT 5.
Individually these best practices did not sufficiently address the context of CGICT for the South African Public Service; however, collectively they provided a holistic approach and strong foundation for the development of the CGICTPF. The CGICTPF creates Public Service-wide and departmental context for the political and strategic leadership of ICT through principles, practices, a governance model and an implementation approach.
1 Institute of Directors Southern Africa, King Report on Governance for South Africa, South Africa, 1 September 20092 International Organization for Standardization, ISO/IEC 38500:2008, Corporate Governance of Information Technology, June 2008, Switzerland3 Op cit, Institute of Directors Southern Africa, 20094 ISACA, COBIT 5, USA, 2012, www.isaca.org/cobit55 Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), Draft Public Service Corporate Governance of Information and Communication Technology Policy Framework, internal document, South Africa, 1 March 20126 Department of Public Service and Administration, Public Service Act 103 of 1994, South Africa, 19947 The DPSA is the policy department for inter alia ICT in the South African Public Service (all national/provincial departments). 8 Op cit, DPSA, 20129 Op cit, International Organization for Standardization, 200810 Ibid.11 Op cit, Institute of Directors Southern Africa, 200912 Ibid.13 Op cit, ISACA, COBIT 514 Ibid. 15 The Auditor General of South Africa, 'Status of the governance of information technology in government', Letter from the Auditor General to the Department of Public Service and Administration regarding the information systems review of the governance of information technology in government, unpublished, 28 May 201016 Op cit, International Organization for Standardization, 200817 Department of Public Service and Administration, Electronic Government Regulations (as amended), South Africa, 5 January 200118 Op cit, International Organization for Standardization, 200819 Op cit, Institute of Directors Southern Africa, 200920 ISACA, COBIT 5: Enabling Processes, USA, 2012, www.isaca.org/cobit521 Op cit, International Organization for Standardization, 2008, p. 922 ISACA, COBIT 5: Implementation, USA, 2012, p. 10
T. van der Walt is a director in the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), South African Public Service. She is coauthor and responsible for the development of the CGICT Policy Framework.
A. D. Coetsee is a deputy director in the DPSA and coauthor of the CGICT Policy Framework.
S. H. von Solms is the director of the Centre for Cyber Security, Academy for Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Johannesburg.
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These book marketing tips are for self-published authors, traditionally published authors, and writers not yet published. These ten ways to market your book will fire up your journey to the bestseller list.
In The Well-Fed Self-Publisher: How to Turn One Book into a Full-Time Living, Peter Bowerman discusses book production, distribution, marketing, promotion, publicity (through one's own website, the Internet, radio, article writing, bookstores and blogs), Amazon, spinoff businesses, and an entire chapter on the controversial so-called "revolution" known as "POD publishing" (print-on-demand).
Before the tips, here's what a book editor says about marketing and writers: "We're looking for authors who will work hand-in-hand with us and find promotional opportunities for their books," says Pamela Krauss, editor at Clarkson Potter. You don't just need a great book idea to get published — you need to find your own ways to market your books.
And here are ten tips for marketing your book…
Book Marketing Tips
"If you really want your book to fly, you need to know that the reality of the publishing business is that publishers print and distribute," says David Chilton, author of The Wealthy Barber. "The author has to be willing to market their book, because no one else will."
1. Create a brand name. Laurie Pawlik-Kienlen is The Adventurous Writer (that's me!). Jack Canfield is Chicken Soup for the Soul. What's your handle, your shtick, your brand name? Pick something that appeals to you and projects the image you want for your writing career or company.
2. Repeat yourself. "Repetition is key to creating a brand names," writes Kremer in 1001 Ways to Market Your Books. "If you decide to try to establish your company name as a brand name, repeat it in all your ads and feature it on the covers of all your books."
3. Find creative ways to use your business cards. I love this tip for marketing your book: on the back of your business card you could print a brief book excerpt, your book cover, the table of contents, the characters, a rave review, or your elevator pitch.
4. Leave your business card in unexpected places. Leave your card with the tip for the waitress, in the envelope if you pay your bills via snail mail, in library books, in the change room at your gym, or in the bathroom at parties. Be generous!
5. Give talks at all types of places: libraries, writer's clubs, garden parties, churches, book fairs, colleges, schools, civic groups, senior citizen's groups, PTA's, chambers of commerce, businessmen luncheons, workshops, conferences, cruise ships – anywhere that welcomes speakers.
I interrupt these book marketing tips to share a quip:
- "That's how you get a bestseller – one interview, one bestseller at a time," – Og Mandino, author of The Greatest Salesman in the World. Successful writers have to take it one step at a time!
6. Blog about your book sales – and share your marketing tips. An even better tip for marketing your books is to blog about your book as you write it – like Gretchen Rubin is doing with The Happiness Project. This tip is perfect for writers not yet published.
7. Specialize in your topic. The more specialized you are in your genre or field, the easier it'll be to keep writing and selling books. Specialization allows you to market your books together and build a strong network.
8. Set a marketing budget before you get published. This is a "you have to spend money to make money" book marketing tip! "Have a clear plan of how you intend to spend your advertising dollars, reserving the major portion for your prime markets and media," writes Kremer in 1001 Ways to Market Your Books. "Word of mouth is still the most cost-effective way to advertise your books, but set aside at least one-third of your marketing budget for promotion and publicity."9. Create relationships. Whether you're marketing your first or fifty-first book (though if you've published 51 books, you probably don't need to spend much time marketing!) – remember that successful writers create relationships with readers, freelance writers, reporters, magazine publishers, book sellers, book clubs, bloggers, teachers, etc. George over at Tumblemoose is a master of creating relationships and community (in fact, I'm going to ask him to write a guest post for me right now).
10. Get comfortable with media interviews. My first two radio interviews were horrible because I was nervous and not having fun — and I expect my first couple of television interviews to be almost as bad. But if I want to be a successful writer, I need to get comfortable doing live interviews. For media interview tips, read 7 Tips for Television Interviews for Writers and 10 Tips for Doing Radio Interviews for Writers.
If you're looking for an agent, read 6 Query Letter Tips – How to Find a Literary Agent.
Help for Writers and Bloggers
Do you have any thoughts or tips for marketing your book? I welcome you below…
13 Responses to "10 Ways to Market Your Book"
Thanks for sharing your website and mission with us, Michael. Your site looks great!
Hi Laurie, I'm a Christian Poetry Writer, Author, & Speaker. Please check out my website. My dream is to be seen world-wide. I write simple easy to read poetry. Even little kids can understand. REAL IMPORTANT!!! I write with messages to teach the reader things. LOVE WHAT I DO!!! I speak at churches, or anywhere I'm invited to. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS
Demicha ~ Thanks for your comment, and best of luck with your client! I hope she succeeds with her book publishing company
Sammie ~ Thanks for your book publishing tips. I really like the idea of thinking of your book as a "product" — and not your "baby." After all, how do you sell your baby??
Marketing my ebooks is one thing I'm very, very bad at. I'm just not motivated to advertise or promote them, other than to list them in the sidebar of my Quips and Tips sites. I'd rather be writing than promoting my ebooks…which is why writers hire PR people, I guess!
As a first time novelist in search of a publisher I created a marketing strategy and that is not the same as a list of marketing ideas. Whereas traditional modes of promotion should be exercised given the economy it is more important than ever to created marketing concepts outside of the box. I would like to offer others four of my rules that helped me to create a journal of promotional techniques. 1. If you really cannot think of ways to promote reconsider how you perceive your novel. I believe a writer can create more methods of advertising if they look at their novel as a product rather than 'their baby'. 2. It does not matter how small the amount but start a savings now–even if you are still writing your novel— to use as a budget for marketing. 3. For every marketing concept you create, from it create another one. Using this method from one idea, I've developed several ideas thus a journal of marketing strategy, rather than a list of ideas. 4. Marketing for a novel should begin shortly BEFORE its published. Be aggressive. If you start marketing after your book is in your hand, you are running late. :O)
This is great! One of my client is starting her own publishing company for the Arts and finishing her first novel. I'm new to the world of book marketing, so this is very helpful. Best wishes!
Glad you liked this post, Hobosic. Hope to see you around Quips & Tips more!
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Super post, Need to mark it on Digg
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Hi Broderick,
Please don't copy the whole article to your blog. Instead, I'd prefer if you took the first 2 or 3 tips for marketing your book, and then linking back here. If your readers want the rest of the post, they can come here. If not…they still get the gist of the article!
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Really cool stuff. Can I copy your article for my blog?
Thanks for that. I lost your address which accounts for the delay. I am not a natural blogger. It seems to take a special mind set. I have explored a number of blogger sites, WordPress and Blogger.com but they need so much care and attention, taking up time I don't really have. I am also worried about Spam. I have had to change my emai address twice. I am in touch with a blogger in Yellowknife, John Mutford who has chosen my title as a prize in his Canadian Book Challenge. You are right about finding a Canada based publicist. I have already approached Raincoast books. They seem to have a problem with me being based here. I thought I had a publicist with Jim Carney, brother of Pat, but it was not his line of country. I did send Pat Carney a copy of the novel but did not hear back. Do you know what Steve Hume is doing? He thought he might lose his column at the Vancouver Sun.
Thanks for your interest.
Val Wake
Great to hear from you, Val — and from halfway 'round the world!
I tried Authors Den once a couple of years ago, but not to market or sell my books. Rather, I was trying to increase my Suite101 exposure. As I recall, it didn't really help….but I didn't give it much of a try!
Definitely, it's difficult to get your books in Canadian bookstores when you're in Australia. Have you considered hiring a publicist or book seller, here in Canada? I think Raincoast distributes books, but I don't know what their policies are.
Another possibility is creating your own blog or website, apart from Authors Den. There are so many writing blogs around! — so you'd have to make yours different somehow…for some writers, that's tough to do. Other seem to have no problem carving out their own little niche.
And thirdly, have you tried Twitter? It might help with book sales, and it'd definitely connect you with other likeminded folk (though it does take time to find your "twibe").
Let me know what you think of these book marketing possibilities!
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My wife who is a BC girl used to spend her holidays on Bowen Island. My novel White Bird Black Bird was published by Booksurge and is available on Amazon.com. It is about the start of the aboriginal rights movement in northern Canada and is based on my experience as a CBC News reporter working out of Yellowknife. Your marketing tips are interesting. On my walks along our coast I hand out a Booksurge card about my book to fellow walkers. Only one Canadian bookstore has agreed to accept my novel on consignment. Its the Yellowknife Book Cellar in Yellowknife. I have tried very hard to get the book placed in other bookstores but from this distance it is difficult. Steve Hume, the author of Simon Fraser, and I worked together in Yellowknife during the 70s. I saw Steve in 2007 and thought he might be able to help in placing my novel but it didn't work out. Steve lost his Mum at a critical time and he was also working on the Simon Fraser book.
If you have any thoughts I would be interested to hear from you. By the way Authors Den is a total waste of time for selling books but it does make a useful website reference.Val Wake
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Thanks for the kind words and the shout out. Looking forward to getting you that post a little later today!
It's kind of funny. Whenever you mention "marketing" to writers, most will get this dull glaze form over their eyes, the mouth opens slightly and drool starts forming at the corner of the mouth.
With that said, these are very cool, unconventional and easy marketing tips. Who couldn't do these? For that matter who wouldn't want to?
I employ some of these, but I'm going to work on using them all!
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This is significant because it is an enormous improvement on the default method used to read the digital copies of optical discs. Under normal circumstances, computers are unable to read the formats used for digital copies of optical discs. To circumvent this problem, users must burn those digital copies onto optical discs inserted into compatible drives and then use those optical discs as normal. For obvious reasons, this approach can be both expensive and time-consuming over time, both factors that contribute to the benefit received from Daemon Tools' comparative convenience.
However, the emulation of optical disc drives is not Daemon Tools' sole purpose. Users can also create digital copies using either optical discs or preexisting digital copies stored on their computers. Said digital copies can be created using either the standard ISO format or the MDS/MDF file pair. In contrast, Daemon Tools can create these digital copies using digital copies stored in a number of formats, ranging from CUE to NRG and PDI. Some of these formats are particular to programs such as Alcohol 52% and Nero Burning Rom that share similar functions.
Although these functions are useful for its intended audience, Daemon Tools is also important because it comes in one of four forms. Daemon Tools Lite can both run and create digital copies, but offers fewer features because it is available free of charge to interested individuals. In contrast, Pro Standard, Pro Advanced, and Net offer more features and more powerful capabilities. However, Daemon Tools Lite contains all the elements that casual users might need, meaning that there is little point to upgrading for most people out there.
Overall, Daemon Tools is not a stand-out product that compels the attention of its audience. Its functions are much the same as those belonging to its competitors, while its capabilities possess no special distinction. Instead, Daemon Tools should be considered an excellent product because it handles the duties that it is expected to handle in a fast and reliable manner using a simple and intuitive interface. In short, it is not innovative so much as polished.


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Victoria cyclist gets pro-tour experience (video)
Melissa Crowe
Sept. 26, 2013 at 4:26 a.m.
• DAY 1: Start with the descent from Deux Alpes to Les Clapiers, take the back-road up to Venosc then back to Les Deux Alpes. Total miles: 20
• DAY 2: From Les Deux Alpes ride the descent to Bourg d'Oisans where the climb to Alpe d'Huez starts. In Bourg d'Oisans, the road soon points upward, marking the start of the famous climb - just 21 switchbacks to the top. Total miles: 25
• DAY 3: TDF officials will meet the riders "en route" to the finish of Stage 19 in Le Grand Bornand with an official race car escort to the finish line. Total miles: 30
• DAY 4: The penultimate stage of the 100th Tour de France: Total miles: 25
• DAY 5: Witness the traditional final race around the Champs-Elysees
• DAY 6: End of trip
Source: Thomson Bike Tours
Peddling down narrow, barricaded streets and past screaming crowds, crossing the finish line at Le Grand-Bornand felt all too real.
At the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France, the world's most prestigious cycling event, John Klemczyk, a 47-year-old quality coordinator for Dow Chemical in Seadrift, took out his iPhone and hit record, if for no other reason than to look back on his week in France and remember that it was.
"You actually felt like a pro rider in the tour - even though we were only riding about 10 mph," he said.
Klemczyk considered it a vacation, despite the tour company he signed up with taking him through some of the most grueling stages of the race, including the 21 switchbacks of Alpe d'Huez.
He calls this his "adventure year."
"If something catches your eye and you might like to do it and you have the opportunity to do it - go do it," he said.
Kelly Sadler, owner of Skymaster Travel in Victoria, said these types of vacations aren't necessarily common but are becoming more popular.
"We do a lot of active travel, biking and hiking," she said.
The travel agency also sets up vacations for boats and catamarans for couples and singles who come in.
Klemczyk kicked off his year of adventures with the Houston Marathon, where he qualified for the 2014 Boston Marathon, but he found out Wednesday he was not granted one of the limited number of spaces available in the race.
This spring, he completed his first half Ironman triathlon in Galveston, and upon returning from the French Alps, he attempted to summit Mount Rainier in Washington State.
"Regardless of what other people think, even if you're the only one who enjoys the activity, go do it," Klemczyk said.
For a vacation alongside the Tour de France, Fran Yeary, co-owner of Bill's Bikes in Victoria, said the level of cycling turns into a high-tech venture.
"Just the magnitude of it, it'd be the most expensive, lightest equipment," she said. "It would be endless."
While cycling in Victoria may not be as popular as cities like Austin, she said there is "a pocket of ultra-serious riders" who keep it going.
Aside from the physical activity, she said cyclists can enjoy the sport for the fun factor and emotional lift.
Klemczyk, who celebrated his 25th year at Dow this summer, starts his days at 5 a.m., and he's at the plant by 6:30 a.m.
Because of his schedule, he gets all his workouts in the evenings and teaches an indoor cycling class Tuesday evenings at DeTar Health Center.
On average, he rides between 60 and 100 miles a week.
With the view from 100 miles of French countryside, Klemczyk said the highlight of his trip was meeting Phil Liggett, one of the famous cycling commentators for NBC Sports.
Although the year isn't over, Klemczyk already knows how to sum it up: epic.


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No need to pay a king's ransom to splash your face with water from the fountain of youth when you're Nas.
The veteran rapper jogged the memories of fans by performing classic cuts off his earlier albums before presenting fresh selections from his latest studio album 'Life Is Good' at the Rock The Bells festival in Mountain View, California over the weekend.
"If I was ever to be a guy who threw a tour together, it would be this type of tour," he explained to Rolling Stone. "It wouldn't be anything pop; it would be everyone who claims hip-hop gets down on the stage, so you get the best show in the world. I couldn't do it no other way."
Watch Nas bid ex-wife Kelis a musical farewell while taking a fond look back at their wedding in the teaser clip for his new video "Bye Baby" below.


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Miami Artist JeanPaul Mallozzi's Debut Solo Show Draws a High-Profile Crowd
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"Tenacity," by JeanPaul Mallozzi, on display at 101/Exhibit |
"The amount of people that came made me so happy," says Mallozzi, "The staff at 101/Exhibit told me they were shocked at the amount of people who came for the opening. They said in the month of August this rarely happens. I can't stop thanking everyone for coming out that night."
Renowned Miami art collector Martin Margulies, MOCA executive director and chief curator Bonnie Clearwater, and Bakehouse Art Complex associate director of exhibitions Ananda DeMello were all in attendance to see Mallozzi's work. Those who know him seem to respond to his positive energy, as evidenced by the fact that fellow Michael Margulies Artist Agency artists Ruben Ubiera and Kiki Valdes were there, as well as Bakehouse's resident artists Gerry Stecca, Olivier Casse, Steve Burzynski, and Carrie Sieh. (Sieh actually posed for many of the pieces.)
Mallozzi and fellow artist Ruben Ubiera. |
"Mood Swings," by Mallozzi |
"Spring Never Falls" was inspired by my sisters," explains Mallozzi, "I remember sometimes they would come home one day very upset after coming back from school after this girl would tease them for random reasons."
The big hit of the night, though, was "Lie With Me," one of the show's oil paintings. While a marked departure from the majority of the works on display, it was still unmistakably Mallozzi, hinting at the varied possibilities that lay before this young Miami artist.
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The Shortpacked!/Multiplex crossover started on Monday over at Shortpacked!, and we'll alternate for the next few days — so Multiplex today (duh), SP! on Wednesday, Multiplex on Thursday, and then conclude on Friday with strips at both sites. (Dave's Friday comic will be first chronologically.) I'll see you tomorrow over at Shortpacked! and then back here on Thursday!
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"Company with great principles though much of the great work has already been done "
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I worked at Amazon.com full-time (more than a year)
1. Great leadership.
2. Awesome principles and strategy
3. Technical stack is the best in the market and top notch engineers
4. Love for technology and costumer obsession.
1. Frugal strategy. Very low perks to employees compared to all the other top technical companies
2. The technical stack is already been designed and very stable. This reduces the learning opportunities available in other small technical firms.
Need to create more learning opportunity and a little low stress on deliverables
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"Company of Smart People "
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I have been working at Amazon.com full-time (less than a year)
ProsGreat attitude towards customers at all levels and all job functions resulting directly to very happy customers.
Very smart colleagues
Fun atmosphere
Excellent tools
People do try to do the right thingConsHaving very smart colleagues means it is harder to stand out
While pay and stock grants are pretty good, other benefits are basic. Company maintains a culture of disciplined spending/frugality. I don't really think this is too much of a problem although other people seeking the "Google" perks will probably be disappointed.Approves of CEO -
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"Good people, interesting work, global impact. "
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I have been working at Amazon.com full-time
Pros+ Fascinating work
+ Immediate global impact
+ Folks are generally motivated, smart, and capable.
+ Scale.Cons- Company is so cheap it's insane. Devs are forced to buy your own hardware in many cases. Amazon pays $250k / year for an senior engineer, and then provides a $399 laptop and won't upgrade it for 3 years. No dual monitors. The list goes on and on. It's insane and frankly just stupid.
- On-Call. This is core to Amazon, and is really a huge place of indescribable suckage.
- Mysterious review process. Just as bizarre and opaque as Microsoft's.
- Parking. There is none. Amazon doesn't pay much towards it, so you're stuck paying out of pocket.
- Starting Vacation is 2 weeks, no exceptions. Coming from MSFT I had 5 weeks / year.
- No tuition reimbursement.Advice to ManagementAdvice1. Frugality is one thing, but stupid is another. Buy modern hardware and software for folks who need it.
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Ben is the best thing going right now for us. Very happy for him that he's showing that his past struggles were probably health related. Like a kid again.
Can I be the first to say that I thought this was Stuckey's best overall game of the year. He scored early, taking all good shots. Set people up in the second half, zipping passes behind the defense to backdoor cutters, hit CV for a corner three on a drive and dish (one that looked like he had no intention of scoring), hit Ben Wallace for a couple wide open dunks on pick and rolls. I did think his defense was lacking a bit and he did have a couple turnovers on charges, but I think he played the point as well as we've seen him play it.
Kuester nearly blew this game by putting Atkins in to finish the game. I didn't understand that at all. If Gordon can't go, play the traditional lineup. Don't sabotage your team by putting yourself at an offensive and defensive disadvantage. Milwaukee went on a bit of a run on sloppy Piston play to force the Pistons to make free throws to seal the win.
2 of 3. Right direction. Atkins had a better game, hitting some jumpers, but he still gives up all too easy buckets. Bynum and Gordon are still nursing injured ankles, so playing somebody makes sense. Just wish it was not Atkins. Ben Wallace was amazing in this one, holding Bogut to nothing. Not a point or rebound in the 1st half for Bogut. But JMAX started right along side Ben Wallace, and surely helped that good D. And Ben W. had a double double. Detroit now leads the league in 2nd chance points - and a whole lot of that is from the last 5 games. Great trend to see. Villanueva played with a mask on. Hit some shots, fouled a lot. Will the Pistons ever go back to him starting though considering how well JMAX and Ben as a pair do rebounding and offensive boards in particular? CV and Ben G. off the bench sounds pretty good for bench scoring punch. JJ continues to impress, getting more accurate on inside shots. Last game, we saw him do a couple of nifty drives to the basket. Tonight, we saw him make a clutch outside shot late. A few games ago we saw him make 4 triples in one game. Delfino for them scored 15 in the first half. Daye played him a lot in the 2nd half where he did not score. (Actually, most of the 4th quarter.) I was pleased to see Daye stay in there for some solid 2nd half minutes. We were way ahead so I guess the coach decided to let the guy stay out there. It worked out well enough though Milwaukee got way too close before it was over. We did play some small ball, but for the most part, either Daye or JJ was out there in this one. No Summers. Quite predictably no Wilcox after he had a fine game last game. Prince is trying to come back within a week. No further update on Rip though last we heard it looked like both Rip and Prince were on the same track as far as returning. Ben Gordon had a good night shooting. Stuckey scored inside and out. Bynum did not do much except make several free throws. In all, we got to the line plenty and got lots of paint points. Our assists were very high in this one. Atkins did set a nice tone on that with some good passes early. Nine assists for Stuckey. Ben W. had 4 dunks in the first half. Good job of keeping involed in the O. Kwame did nothing all that bad. Did nothing much at all. Without checking the boxscore, I'd say no Piston got overplayed. We are in the midst of a lot of home games, along with an easy schedule void of back to backs. At this rate, when Rip and Tay get back, we will be a healthy rested team set to make a strong run. The question is: What will Kuester do with all the depth. Use it? Or sit a bunch of players while overplaying others. Time will tell.
didn't see any action, just the box score. Don't look now, but Stuckey's assist average is climbing quickly. There is hope....
I missed the very end, but we handled these guys. Ben was a monster, Max played an ok game, the usual mix of good and bad. JJ had a very nice game, with a particularly nice behind the back setup for a Wallace jam. Stuckey is still a mixed bag. Bynum must be scouted by now because he gets very little room to blow by guys. Cheeser was fantastic. Old time Piston basketball.
A lot of it is the ankle. We don't know how ready these guys are to go... especially a buy like Bynum who is still enjoying his breakout into the NBA. He'll play through almost anything I bet. This team really wouldn't be that bad if we were full strength. I think we'd sneak into the playoffs.
Random thoughts. Bucks: Playing .500 ball. Very interesting team. They should make the playoffs in the weak East. Around their horn: PG--Jennings (20) played like a rookie and he will learn to be a great point guard. Ridnour (28) and is earning a deserved 6.5M. Hey JD, look at a true PG. The best player on the court (at positional level) and this includes both sides. SG--Redd ( 30-$17M)) was out (lucky, lucky, lucky) and Bell (30) is no substitute offensively; although his strength from the book, is defense and Redd will never go there. #3--Hakim Warrick (27/6-9/3M) continues to impress. Very smooth, doesn't rattle and can play the full court. Nice jump shot and can hit that all important 12 ft shot. Very active and stays around the action. This fellow replaced CV, which is of itself, an interesting turn. He looks to be not the flaky type...I'll explain this later. #4--Illyasova (22) and I put him here because I see his mirror image from Detroit (Jerebko). It goes without saying, they are European products. Both are solid 6-10 and understand how the demand of family depends upon them in (honestly) working the fields. Nice touch around the basket and has a complete understanding that an outside comfort (perimeter) ability equals out the weather patterns... so that the crop can be harvested. Good fine for the Bucks. #5--Bogut (25) and is making an honest 10M. Let us remember, he was #1 of #1 ( Milwaukee) in the year 2005. His value depends: he is not a leaper, not quick (this would bother me), beads of sweat would swell around his brow if facing the basket outside the tiny circle, but he owns his mind-set territory. Ben Wallace should have been his great teacher tonight. More than that, he needs an understanding influence. All things come easy for the psych of the Skiles types: if it's not there in the vernacular, then forget-it. The opposite from our end (Q) would suggest that it becomes one great chain of being. Most organizations do not understand the role of mentorship within a particular system of two-way solutions: encouragement of possibilities beginning from doubts. Pistons: It's late.
It's late but I got home, stayed up and watched most of the first half, part of the third and all of the 4th. At one point this looked like a 2007 Piston team where they maintained a 6 to 13 pt lead no matter what kind of run the Bucks threw at them. In fact the Bucks longest run was 10-2 in the third. Any way the first half was a thing of beauty assist wise as there plenty of them being dished out from everybody. (28 total for the game with the last coming at the 4 minute mark of the 4th). Big Ben's energy returned after taking Wednesday night off and was drunken fool tonight and you hear him cursing a lot too with the S word... JJ and Stuckey were instrumental in getting the Pistons off to a good start with Big Ben controlling things on the defensive end. I thought Chuckie had his best game as a Piston since 2003, but still in 18 mins of play he only had 1 assist and never went to the FT line where as the other 3 guards were 16-19 from the FT line. Bengo found his shot again but did not play in crunch time so not sure if he re tweaked the ankle or not. Bynum looked terrible out there those last 3-4 minutes and looked kind of winded as he never really found his shot tonight. He had a couple TO's and missed a couple FT's down the stretch. CV returned but looked uncomfortable out there with the mask, getting what appeared to be 3 fouls in 5 minute span of the second qtr. Overall good game until the end when a 17 point lead with a little under 6 mins shrunk very fast and it was nervous time at the Palace with Pistons letting it get to close to comfort before making enough FT's to seal it.
He did look good tonight, but still tried his usual "freight train" runnover charges... If he plays like this everygame there is hope for him yet. He needs to review the tapes tomorrow and practice these moves for future games
What happen? everybody at happy hour or were folks giving up on the Pistons after the dismal performance in Chicago? This was one their best games of the season..??
Players who attack the lane and seek contact are GUARANTEED a few "freight train" charges. No player who relentlessly attacks the rim is going to avoid them completely. Plus they are mistakes of aggression that stop the play. Not careless passes/dribbling like Daye/Bynum that lead to runouts going the other way. I'll live with those any day. I don't see how anyone could not be impressed with Rodney tonight. He didn't take a bad shot all night, shot 64%, created uncontested dunks/layups for teammates time after time, making the pass the lead to the assist, and made some hustle plays as well. He would have had 10 dimes if it weren't for Ben blowing that first dunk attempt. That is the perfect type of game from our "semi" PG. People expecting more are unrealistic. If he could bring anything close to that on most nights, we would be a very good team. As for the rest of the team... I am dreading the day Tayshaun is back in the lineup. I'm sorry, but I will take Jonas any day. We know he can hustle and D up. He's shown flashes of the deep jumpshot and little hookshots. Now he's showing some ball-handling and passing ability. A definite keeper. Big Ben... what's there to say. Love seeing him getting so hyped up on those dunks. He's just a beast. I am concerned about Will B though. If he's not healthy he needs to adapt to that, and play more of a secondary roll on offense.
That's because he mostly played the 2 last night. All because we're starting him at his natural position at 2-guard. JJ just keeps getting better and better, I really wish he'd get more run at PF, I would really like to see him starting there when Tay returns, I think he can really be a solid starting SF/PF in this league. I'm looking at Ben like Grant Hill right now, ironically the injuries added a few years to their NBA career's. The injuries kept both off the court and saved their bodies and they both made 100% recoveries. Last night he did, not many points but he did get 7asts, he ran the point well deferring to STuckey and Gordon for the most part, take away the last 4mins of the game and he had a solid game last night.
It doesn't matter if he was playing the 1, the 2, or the 7. Stuckey actually made some good decisions and good passes last night. The guy frustrates the heck out of me when he puts his head down and gets into the "I'm going to shoot no matter what mode". But, last night, I thought he made some nice progress, irregardless of the position he was playing.
Some comments. One, yes, Stuckey did well. But his minutes are down lately (cause we are playing every other day, not back to backs.) He is playing well rested. Once the minutes pile up again - you will see no actual change. Some called this Stuckey's best game. Nope. We have seen awesome games from Stuckey in the past, when he was well rested. On JJ being better than Tay. Lets see how JJ does after many years of playing into the playoffs, getting overplayed on a regular basis. JJ has seen pretty much optimal minutes this season. Plenty of minutes to get into the flow, certainly never too many minutes. (One forty minute game.) Going forward, if eveyone gets healthy, there should never be another excuse for Kuester to overplay anyone - and thus retriggering the whole injury cycle once more.
It shouldn't matter, but for him it does. When you take the pressure of running the offense off of his shoulders, he plays fine, he simply plays HIS game, HIS game will get you around 20 points and no less than 5 asts. For some reason when you make him bring the ball up court and make him responsible for getting the team into their sets, his brain seems to freeze up, now he's thinking-rather than playing, and he's thinking with a frozen brain. Oh it matters, it matters BIG TIME!!!
I think Stuckey's in a no-win situation with a lot of folks on this board. If you watched the game last night and thought he was a problem or mixed bag, you're never going to be happy with his play. He shot a decent percentage, had 9 assists, and put the team in a position to win. They could have coasted to an easy victory had Bynum not played as poorly. I know he's injured, but when he's that ineffective, he shouldn't be playing as minutes as he did last night.
I actually did it. Watched the game without knowing the outcome. I have to admit that if the 1st Q went bad then I would have looked at the score but they started out pretty strong. With the way Ben Wallace is playing he makes everyone else so much better on D. In a game like that I also realize that we really do have a lot of offensive options even w/o Tay and Rip. Pistons just did not look like a 7-12 team that game.
But that doesn't really matter to us unless we're talking about who is the better player over their career. We're just looking at it game to game, and JJ has brought a lot more hustly, energy and inside scoring than Tay has in recent years. Maybe it is because Tay has been worn down, but I don't (and I am sure you don't) want Dumars or Kuester racing any old war horses out of historical sentiment (like Atkins). I think a healthy Rip, who can play 5 or 10 minutes at the 3, combined with JJ and Daye, makes Tay tradable. Of course Dumars won't trade him, because it's more important for the Ironman to get back up to 36 mpg, even if Kuester has to play him at PF (at the expense of Maxiell and Villanueva), so it's all moot. I really like watching JJ play. Spring in his legs, and he's got some court sense. The scoring is all just icing on the cake.


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(Jindo, South Korea) -- At least nine people are confirmed dead following a ferry accident in South Korea, but the growing concern is that the nearly 300 people still missing may all be lost. The waters where the ferry went down on Wednesday are near freezing, the weather is bad and debris in the area isn't helping. The ferry was carrying about 475 people when it started taking on water. Most of the passengers were students and teachers on a field trip.


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MENA Mashup: Assad, Erdogan, and Gates
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As the Syrian delegation checked into Montreux earlier…
Syria FM says Assad's status 'red line'
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem said Tuesday that subjects related to the status of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are 'red lines' and can't be 'touched,' the state-run SANA news agency reported.
Al-Moallem made the remarks upon his arriving to Geneva, Switzerland Tuesday evening, heading a Syrian official delegation to participate in the Geneva II peace conference, which will open on Wednesday in Montreux.
The minister's remarks came apparently to make the Syrian government's stance clear ahead of the conference, hinting that the government's delegation to Geneva will not accept talks about Assad's departure.
The Syrian government repeatedly said that it wasn't going to Geneva to hand over the power, but to negotiate with the opposition to find a solution to the crisis.
It also said that the peace talks must focus on combating terrorism in Syria, while the opposition wants the conference to lead to the formation of a transitional government without any role for al-Assad.
Syria wants the Geneva II conference to be successful as a first step to launch a Syrian-Syrian dialogue on their territories, al-Moallem said in Geneva.
The goal of Geneva II is to achieve a political solution to the conflict through a comprehensive agreement between the government and the opposition for the full implementation of the Geneva communique, adopted after the Geneva I conference in 2012.
The communique, which has been endorsed by the UN Security Council, lays out key steps to end the violence.
Funny how the Syrian delegation ran into probs en route to Montreux…
…The crisis over Syria is set to deepen after recent claims of photographic evidence of torture under Assad's regime. The photos have been reviewed by a team of international prosecutors who said there was evidence of systematic abuse and murder involving 11,000 detainees.
It is likely to increase demands for Assad to step down and face an international war crimes trial.
And the Syrian delegation's plane was held up when a Greek firm in Athens refused to refuel it, citing an EU trade embargo.
Now, I smell a rat about that 'Photographic Evidence'…! How convenient that a defector should just happen to release all those gruesome photos on the eve of Geneva II, and, did you also notice how fast(and many!) MSM outlets rushed to publish them…?
Let's remember that last rush to judgement in Syria…
Human Rights Watch's Syria Dilemma
Which brings me to Erdogan's recent rich hypocrisy…


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Copy number variation-based polymorphism in a new pseudoautosomal region 3 (PAR3) of a human X-chromosome-transposed region (XTR) in the Y chromosome
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A 3.5-Mb region of the X chromosome underwent duplication and transposition to the Y chromosome ~5–6 Mya. This X-transposed-region (XTR) originated at Xq21.3 and was inserted at Yp11.2. The two locations have 98.78 % homology and a high concentration of tandem repeats. In whole-genome scans of ten large families with dyslexic members, we identified transposed blocks comprising >102 kb of the Yp11.2 region in its homologous region at Xq21.3 in three females from three different families. Although recombination is known to be limited only to the pseudoautosomal regions (PARs) of the X and Y chromosomes, we report allelic unequal recombination between the XTR region Yp11.2 and Xq21.3, indicating the presence of a new PAR, which we named PAR3. This PAR3 region was also found in 2 % of the general population. An additional layer of justification could be provided from six other dyslexic cases which harbored duplications and deletions in the same Xq21.3 and Yp11.2 regions through allelic unequal recombination.
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- Copy number variation-based polymorphism in a new pseudoautosomal region 3 (PAR3) of a human X-chromosome-transposed region (XTR) in the Y chromosome
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Functional & Integrative Genomics
Volume 13, Issue 3 , pp 285-293
- Cover Date
- 2013-08-01
- 10.1007/s10142-013-0323-6
- Print ISSN
- Online ISSN
- 1438-7948
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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- Topics
- Keywords
- X-transposed region
- Yp11.2
- Xq21.3
- Industry Sectors
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- Author Affiliations
- 1. Genomics Laboratory, DOS in Zoology, University of Mysore, Mysore-06, Karnataka, India
- 2. DOS in Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore-06, Karnataka, India


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A digital trunking scanner is required for St. Joseph County, Indiana, including Mishawaka. The County Sheriff operates on the SAFE-T APCO25 digital trunked system. Mishawaka operates a separate APCO25 digital trunked system.
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Rusoro announces filing of its annual and Q1 financial statements on SEDAR
Monday, August 19, 2013
Rusoro announces filing of its annual and Q1 financial statements on SEDAR
20:22 EDT Monday, August 19, 2013Trading symbol (TSX-V): RML
VANCOUVER, Aug. 19, 2013 /CNW/ - Rusoro Mining Ltd. (the "Company" or "Rusoro") (TSXV:RML) announces that it has filed its annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 and its Q1 financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2013. The financial statements and related MD&A will be available on SEDAR and on the Company's website at www.rusoro.com.
Rusoro has applied to the Securities Commissions to have its Cease Trade Order ("Order") revoked and to the TSX Venture Exchange ("Exchange") for reinstatement to trade its securities. The Company will issue a news release to update its shareholders as soon as it becomes aware of the date the Order has been revoked and when its securities will resume trading on the Exchange.
Additional information regarding the nationalization of the Company's assets in Venezuela and the Company's ongoing litigation involving the Government of Venezuela is available on SEDAR and on the Company's website at www.rusoro.com.
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Thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday! Lots of great art and zines, lots of familiar faces and new friends! Thanks to all the volunteers who came out and helped to make this event a success! The Highlander Newspaper at UCR also wrote an article about the Riverside DIY Print Fest, and Saturation Fest, which can be found here.
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