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eBizcuss, France's largest Apple reseller, sued the vendor last week for alleged unfair competitive practices, including artificially curtailing availability of hot selling products like the iPad 2 and MacBook Air.
eBizcuss CEO Francois Prudent claims that his company's business dropped 30 percent in the third quarter of 2011 as a result of the product shortage, which he says stems from Apple favouring its inaugural retail store, which opened in Paris in 2009, the French daily newspaper Le Figaro reported last week.
Prudent is also accusing Apple of contacting his customers directly and undercutting him on quotes to commercial customers, according to Le Figaro. He's particularly peeved because eBizcuss, at Apple's behest, spent $6.5 million to upgrade the point-of-sale system for its 16 locations in France.
Prudent's claims have a familiar ring to Apple's U.S. resellers, who've been accusing the vendor of trying to phase them out ever since the first Apple Store opened in 2001.
"This has been going on for a long time -- Apple definitely serves themselves first when it comes to new product availability," said one Apple reseller, who requested anonymity. "It also happens with services -- I've had cases where getting a product fixed through an Apple service center would cost $250, while the Apple Stores will do it for $50."
Apple didn't respond to a request for comment.
Some Apple resellers have previously turned to the courts for help. Thomas Santos, president of San Francisco reseller MacAdams Computing, sued Apple in December 2002 for allegedly withholding new products from resellers for months and stocking its own retail stores first. Apple de-authorized MacAdams Computing in October 2003, and the reseller filed for bankruptcy the following December.
In 2005, seven other Apple resellers filed similar lawsuits against the company, and Apple subsequently reached unspecified settlements with all of them, according to its 2006 Form 10-K.
But despite the settlements, Apple resellers don't expect eBizcuss to get anywhere with its current lawsuit against the company.
"This lawsuit is unlikely to result in anything but continued pain and suffering for the reseller," said one source, who requested anonymity to protect his relationship with Apple.
"I can understand why they're doing it, but can't imagine any way that Apple would continue to do business with them," said another Apple reseller, who also requested anonymity for the same reason.
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Faculty Governance System
The Faculty has established seven standing committees:
Academic Standards Committee
Academic Program Assessment Committee
Curriculum Committee
Faculty Affairs Committee
Faculty Development Committee
Faculty Grievance Committee
Faculty Personnel Committee
Duties of the Committees include
Academic Standards Committee:
- Recommending policies on academic standards to the faculty
- Reviewing reports on the academic standing of students
- Periodically reviewing grading standards
- Periodically reviewing departments and academic programs.
- Reviewing and helping develop standards for admission to the college
- Reviewing and providing oversight for the academic integrity system
- Establishing standards for awarding certain scholarships and honors
- Helping develop academic criteria for merit based scholarships
- Being involved in the process of student appeals regarding academic issues
Academic Program Assessment Committee
- Conduct annual reviews of the assessment plans of all academic programs.
- Recommend changes for the improvement of these assessment plans.
- Assist academic programs in the ongoing development of effective assessment plans.
- Monitor findings of assessment plans to ensure their use to improve academic programs.
- Maintain awareness of assessment best practices.
Curriculum Committee
- Carefully examining all proposals for new courses, course changes, and course deletions.
- Carefully examining proposed new majors, new degrees, new concentration, and new programs.
- Carefully examining changes in general education requirements and departmental programs.
- Establishing appropriate deadlines for new proposals which ensure sufficient time for full evaluation of the proposal.
Faculty Affairs Committee
- General oversight of the faculty governance system, including directing proposals to the correct faculty committees, administrative offices, and other groups for consideration
- Establishing agenda for general faculty meetings, including administrative reports, administrative proposals, committee proposals, and other business
- Providing a review of all proposals to be brought to the faculty, and to seek clarification when necessary, prior to placing that issue on the agenda of a faculty meeting
- Receiving and reviewing various reports of faculty committees, etc.
- Coordinating revision of the Faculty Handbook.
- Managing elections to various faculty committees, etc. This duty also involves appointing short term replacements when necessary, and appointing any needed ad hoc committees.
- Establishing rules and procedures for the committee system.
- Advising the president on procedural issues not covered by current rules
Faculty Development Committee
- Developing and promoting programs to enhance faculty development and scholarship, including both teaching related and research related development programs
- Establishing guidelines for sabbatical leaves, study leaves, grants-in-time, faculty development grants, research grants, etc.
- Reviewing proposals for sabbatical leaves, study leaves, grants for teaching and research, and make recommendations to the Dean regarding the proposals which should be funded
- Allocating funds for clusters and task forces
- Encouraging dissemination of faculty research and creative efforts
- Encouraging submission of external grant proposals
- Serving as an advocate for both research activities and development of teaching skills
- Coordinating the Summer Scholar program
Faculty Grievance Committee
- Acting as a hearing board for complaints by faculty regarding from alleged adverse treatment in violation of College policies or alleged infringements of faculty rights or privileges
- Making findings and recommendations for formal grievance hearings. Those recommendations are provided to the grievant, the respondent, the Dean of the College, and the President.
Faculty Personnel Committee
- Making recommendations to the President regarding all proposals for reappointment, promotion, and granting of tenure, following procedures in the Faculty Handbook.
- Supervising the system for faculty evaluations
- Recommending guidelines and procedures for the system involving appointments, reappointments, promotions, leaves, tenure, and retirement
- Recommending policies regarding faculty workloads and equity
- Reviewing general personnel problems
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Woman Shoots Self In Christmas Day Accident
A Virginia woman didn't have a very merry ending to her Christmas in Connecticut.
Helmets Mandated At Powder Ridge
The recently re-opened Powder Ridge ski area in Middlefield is putting into place a ground-breaking requirement that mandates all riders to wear helmets on the slopes. The mandate is possibly the first of its kind […]
Powder Ridge Set To Reopen
MIDDLEFIELD, Conn. (AP) _ A Middlefield ski area that's been closed for six years is reopening this week. Powder Ridge Mountain Park and Resort is scheduled to reopen Friday for the first time since 2007. […]
Man's Body Found In Middlefield River
The body of a man was pulled from the Coginchaug River near Wadsworth Falls State Park in Middlefield Sunday afternoon.
Man Killed In Construction Accident
State police say a man was killed in a construction accident today in Middlefield. The person was working on a home on Cherry Hill Road when he fell this morning. A state police spokeswoman says […]
Two Hikers Air-Lifted From Beseck Mountain
A man and a woman from Wethersfield were reported in stable condition at Hartford Hospital Saturday morning after falling while hiking on Beseck Mountain in Middlefield Friday night.
Men Charged With Trying To Steal Copper From Substation
South Windsor Police have arrested two men accused of trying to steal copper wire from a Connecticut Light and Power substation early Saturday.
Arrest In Home Invasion, Sexual Assault
State police they've arrested a Middlefield man in a home invasion and sexual assault in Middlefield overnight.
Inland Swimming Areas Closed Due To Bacteria
Environmental officials are closing inland swimming spots in five Connecticut towns due to high bacteria levels from heavy rains.
Two Arrested in Middlefield Home Invasion
State police say two men are under arrest following a late-night home invasion in Middlefield. Troopers say they arrested 42-year-old Shane Lleverette of Meriden and 31-year-old Randy Cochran of Plantsville without incident after they robbed the occupants at a home on Jackson Hill Road.


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Ricki Lake sued for September house fire negligence
Ricki Lake and her family emerged unscathed from a house fire that destroyed her Malibu rental home back in September. Now, the actress and television host is on the receiving end of a lawsuit filed by her landlord.
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A STRANGE property marks out the brain cells of people with Alzheimer's: they have a glut of cells with more than the standard two sets of chromosomes. Furthermore, these turn out to be the cells most likely to perish in the late stages of the disease. The twin discoveries could drive research into one of the modern world's most devastating neurological conditions in an entirely new direction.
No one can agree on the cause of Alzheimer's disease. While much of the focus has been on the plaques that clog up the brains of sufferers, treatments that clear these plaques have no effect on the symptoms of the disease. And treatments that block the beta-amyloid proteins that make up the plaques, or the tau proteins that develop within neurons of people with Alzheimer's, also have had little impact.
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Washington Hospital's Winter/Spring 2010 Catalog Now Available
Health and Wellness Catalog Lists a Variety of Free Classes and Screenings
Washington Hospital's latest biannual Health & Wellness Catalog is now available. The free catalog is a great tool for navigating the large amount of useful classes and programs offered by your local community hospital. The Health & Wellness catalog includes a six month pin-up calendar for easy reference and the catalog is now printed on recycled paper containing a minimum of 30 percent post-consumer fiber.
The Health & Wellness Catalog contains a complete list of upcoming classes from January through June 2010. The catalog also serves as a helpful resource for taking full advantage of your community hospital's other community services and top-notch medical programs.
Inside the new catalog you will find:
- A list of free community classes and seminars
- A complete list of Women's Health classes and programs offered through the Washington Women's Center
- Community services, such as the Washington Community Health Resource Library and Washington on Wheels (W.O.W) Mobile Health Clinic
- Health & Wellness education classes focusing on nutrition counseling, diabetes self management, stroke education and cardiac rehabilitation
- Maternal health classes, including breastfeeding support services, parent preparation, prenatal classes and an Infant/Child CPR course for family and friends
- Information about Upcoming Health Fairs/Conferences: 4th Annual Women's Conference (January), Stroke Awareness Day (March), World Kidney Day (March)
- Free community health screenings, including blood pressure screening, osteoporosis screening, and a free peripheral vascular screening that will take place in June
- Support groups for those living with different conditions and illnesses, such as Breast cancer, Parkinson's disease and suffering the loss of a loved one
- Directory of services, complete with program descriptions and phone numbers
- Map and Directions to Washington Hospital, Washington Urgent Care and Washington West, which houses our Gamma Knife Center, Lymphedema Clinic, Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditoriums, Washington Women's Center and Outpatient Imaging Center
- The free Health & Wellness classes and screenings are conducted by the physicians and caregivers of Washington Hospital. Classes are held at the Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium, 2500 Mowry Ave., (Washington West building) located across the street from the main hospital.
Featured in the current catalog is a spotlight article highlighting Washington Hospital's Cardiovascular Institute. The institute combines innovative ideas in cardiovascular care with cutting-edge research to provide patients with the most current treatment options. For additional information or to find a cardiovascular specialist near you, please call toll-free 877-WE-HRTCARE (877-934-7822) or visit www.whhs.com.
Learn More About Washington Hospital's Breast Health Program
On the back of the catalog you'll find a section highlighting Washington Hospital's Breast Health Program. The program recently earned a prestigious accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). The Breast Health Program is the only program in Northern California to hold this accreditation.
The winter/spring portion of the year offers a variety of classes – from learning how to prevent congestive heart failure to new surgical techniques for hip pain. In March, the Hospital will conduct a health and wellness seminar on chronic kidney disease and three health insurance seminars will take place in February, April and June.
For a healthier tomorrow for you and your family, call Washington Hospital's Health Connection line at (800) 963-7070 to have a free copy of the new Health & Wellness Catalog mailed to your home.
Two other great resources for making the most of your hospital are the Web site, www.whhs.com, and InHealth, a Washington Hospital Channel on Comcast 78. To see a complete listing of InHealth's upcoming programming, see the schedule in this section or visit the Web site. InHealth regularly airs community education classes for convenient viewing from your home in case you cannot attend a particular class.
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Washington Hospital's new website has been redesigned to help you make smart health care decisions quickly and easily. One of the new features is a safe and secure online class registration system that allows you to browse and sign up for Washington Hospital's classes and health screenings. Registration for classes is easy. New users can event create an online account that allows you to view a class calendar and event map. To register for one of the seminars listed below, visit the Hospital's homepage (www.whhs.com) and click on the class listings under "Upcoming Seminars."
Upcoming Health & Wellness Classes
Class Registration is available online at www.whhs.com. All the classes listed below will take place at the Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium, 2500 Mowry Avenue (Washington West) in Fremont.
How to Organize Your Financial Affairs
When/Time: Monday, January 25, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium (Rooms A, B & C)
Influenza and Other Contagious Respiratory Conditions
When/Time: Tuesday, February 2, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Location: Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium (Rooms A, B & C)
Preventing and How to Live with Congestive Heart Failure
When/Time: Tuesday, February 9, 1 to 3 p.m.
Location: Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium (Rooms A & B)
Options for Those Who Have Lost Their Health Insurance Coverage
When/Time: Tuesday, February 16, 10 a.m. to 12 Noon
Location: Conrad E. Anderson, M.D. Auditorium (Rooms B & C)
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Falls City puts end to Woodsboro's dream season
Eagles finish season at 10-3
FLORESVILLE - This season's Woodsboro football team matched the highest standards set in program's history.
The future measuring stick, however, was across Eschenburg Field on the other sideline Friday night in the form of District 14-A Division II rival Falls City.
The Beavers scored their second victory over Woodsboro this year, this one a season-ender. Falls City used a series of big plays on offense, while the Eagles never could find that key breakthrough, as the Beavers cruised to a 46-6 region semifinal victory.
That ended Woodsboro's season, with the region semifinal appearance matching the 1980 team's march to the third round. Along the way, the Eagles (10-3) won their first playoff game in 24 seasons.
But they want to match Falls City, a team that won the state title two years ago, emphatically laid claim to being the top 14-A Division II team this season and will meet Burton for the region title next week.
"More than anything, the kids learned how to work and how to win," said Wade Miller, Woodsboro's first-year coach. "Our goal, we've talked about it all year, is we want to outwork those guys over there. We're going to start Monday, and I expect the same kind of things next year."
That sets the bar high. The Beavers (10-2) totaled 507 yards and had eight plays that went for 20 yards or more, including six in the first half. Of those plays, six played roles in five touchdowns, while the other two came in the final nine seconds of the first half, as Falls City just missed scoring by three yards.
Quarterback Cameron Soto rushed for 252 yards and a pair of scores and threw for two more touchdowns. Jon Swierc added 130 yards on eight carries and a touchdown.
"We tackled better the last time we played them (during a 30-22 loss)," Miller said. "We talked to them at halftime, and told them we're really doing a good job except one play every drive. We were there, but just missing tackles. I don't know if we were worn down, but we just didn't tackle well."
The Eagles were in a rut offensively, failing to score on their first eight possessions. In the first half, there were three three-and-out series that combined for no gain. There were two extended drives, but both came up short on fourth down in Beavers territory.
The crusher came early.
Woodsboro, trailing 7-0 at the time, moved to the Falls City 3 on its second possession. On fourth down, the 12th play of the drive, senior quarterback Tyler Quesada's pass was batted down.
"That would have been a big momentum change early in the game," Quesada said. "Stuff like that, against a great team like that, you have to execute on everything you do, every fourth down, every red-zone opportunity. We couldn't do it.
"They took advantage of our every mistake. Props to them. They did everything a team needs to do to win a game."
DeBray Bonner, who rushed for 77 yards to close his senior season with 1,560 yards, said he could see his team deflate after that.
"Once we were down by seven points, and then we couldn't score on offense — because we're more of an offensive team — we just started seeing people drooping their heads and getting mad," he said. "We would mess up, and then not scoring on that play — that was tough."
Though the Eagles were down 20-0 at the half, some sort of rally would not have been out of the question with the team scoring more than 38 points a game this season.
But Woodsboro fumbled on two of its first three plays of the second half. As the Beavers scored on their opening two drives of the second half, the game essentially was done.
That put the cap on a memorable season. While the Eagles lose 10 seniors, including Bonner and Quesada, there are plenty of key players returning.
Those seniors believe three rounds deep in the playoffs will not be a once-in-every-32-years scenario again.
"The underclassmen we had worked just as much as the seniors," said Quesada, who fell just shy of 1,100 rushing yards this season. "We couldn't have gotten this far without their work, their dedication and their play on the field. This team will be back again. No doubt."
Woodsboro 0 0 6 0—6
Falls City 7 13 13 13—46
FC — Philip Lyssy 1 run (Cody Jendrusch kick)
FC — Lyssy 3 run (kick blocked)
FC — Cameron Soto 12 run (Jendrusch kick)
FC — Jon Swierc 13 run (kick failed)
FC — Dean Gaskamp 19 pass from Soto (Jendrusch kick)
W — Jacob Nesloney 7 pass from Lionel Brown (kick blocked)
FC — Royce Leonhardt 12 pass from Soto (kick failed)
FC — Soto 64 run (Jendrusch kick)
First downs 11 21
Rushes-yards 38-97 39-412
Passing 60 95
Comp-Att-Int 4-14-1 8-12-1
Punts 4-30.8 1-44
Fumbles-lost 3-2 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-51 5-45
RUSHING — W: DeBray Bonner 17-77, Tyler Quesada 11-31, Robert Arriaga 3-6, Brown 3-10, Andy Villarreal 2-(-11), Team 2-(-16). FC: Soto 19-252, Swierc 8-130, Lyssy 6-21, Gaskamp 2-9, David Brodsky 1-1, Dayton Jaskinia 2-0, Zack Jimmerson 1-(-1).
PASSING — W: Quesada 2-10-1-37, Brown 2-3-0-23, Bonner 0-1-0-0. FC: Soto 8-11-1-95, Jimmerson 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING — W: Logan Moses 2-49, Nesloney 1-7, Brown 1-4. FC: Gaskamp 2-39, Lyssy 1-23, Leonhardt 2-18, Stephen Harlos 2-12, Cody Houdmann 1-3.
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Viennese Season: Feminism - VALIE EXPORT & Friedl Kubelka
10 Apr 2014 – 23 May 2014
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AboutRichard Saltoun Gallery announce the second of their two-part series of Viennese art: Feminism. Following on from Part I: Actionism, Richard Saltoun will present the work of VALIE EXPORT and Friedl Kubelka. Both artists posited their art at the centre of artistic debates of subjects of gender, the body, and politics. The photographic images and films that result from their practices are presented through the lens of a personal reflective awareness of the body. Seminal works to be exhibited include Smart / Export II, VALIE EXPORT's iconic self-portrait of 1967/70 in which she holds a package of rebranded cigarettes. Born Waltraud Lehner, she created her artists' name based on Smart Export, this brand of cigarettes she was smoking at the time. Kubelka will present her celebrated Jahreportraits (Year Portraits): a project begun in 1972, in which she photographed herself daily over the period of a year and has repeated the process every five years since. Key examples of this series will be exhibited alongside her Pin-ups, 1971-1974. These intimate staged self-portraits, taken by Kubelka in Paris and Vienna, directly confront the viewer in their adoption of the âerotic'. EXPORT and Kubelka were both included in WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (MoCA, LA, 2007) and elles@centrepompidou, Centre George Pompidou (2009). This is the first time they will be exhibited alongside one another in the UK. VALIE EXPORT (b. 1940, Linz, Austria) EXPORT's iconic work Touch Cinema (1968), in which she constructed a Styrofoam box and placed it over her chest, inviting passersby to reach in and touch her breasts, still resonates for its shock-value and use of experimental mediums. A recipient of the Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (2010), her work was included in the 53rd Venice Biennale (2009). Solo exhibitions include Centre George Pompidou, Paris, (2008) and Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria (2011). Friedl Kubelka (vom Gröller) (b. 1946, London, UK) Born in London to parents seeking political refuge, Kubelka spent her childhood in East Berlin before her parents settled in Vienna. She studied industrial photography at the Graphic Instruction and Research Institute, Vienna, from 1965 to 1969. She later founded her own 'School of Artistic Photography' in the city (1990), and the School for Independent Film (2010). She was awarded the State Prize for Photography in 2005, Austria's most prestigious photography award, and has had solo exhibitions at the Centre George Pompidou, Paris (1980), Fotogalerie, Vienna (2004), and the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (2005). --- Feminism film evening: Friedl Kubelka Thursday 10 April 2014 h 7pm (doors open at 6:30pm) A film evening dedicated to Friedl Kubelka, to coincide with Viennese Season: Feminism - VALIE EXPORT and Friedl Kubelka. Friedl Kubelka vom Gröller as she is referred to when discussing her films is best known for her conceptual and serial photographs, but she began making film in the late 1960s. The last ten years have been a prolific period of artistic production. Her early, static filmic portraits Erwin, Toni, Ilse (1968/69) will be screened along recent films from this past decade.
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Have You Seen Day And Night At The Same Time?
This photo is absolutely beautiful. It is historic too as this is the last mission for Columbia..
The photograph was taken by the crew on board the Columbia during its last mission, on a cloudless day. The picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is setting. Half of the picture is in night time. The bright dots you see are the cities lights.
The top part of Africa is the Sahara Desert.
Note that the lights are already on in Holland, Paris, and Barcelona, and that it's still daylight in Dublin, London, Lisbon, and Madrid.
The sun is still shining on the Strait of Gibraltar. The Mediterranean Sea is already in darkness.
In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Island. Below them to the right are the Madeira Islands. A bit below are the Canary Islands. And further South, close to the farthest western point of Africa, are the Cape Verde Islands.
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Disappointingly, but unsurprisingly, Anheuser-Busch will reject InBev's takeover bid. Will they do so by promising shareholders much more value as an independent company? It's hard to see how they could do that while maintaining a straight face. Will they wave the patriotic flag and say they're protecting jobs in the heartland? No, that doesn't seem likely either:
In its effort to justify rejecting InBev's $65 a share bid, Anheuser-Busch is expected to announce a massive reorganization to boost profits that includes cutting more than $500 million in costs...
The reorginaztion may anger some locals and politicians in St. Louis who had been pressing Anheuser-Busch to reject the bid, in part, to save local jobs. The reorganization is expected to include scores of job cuts.
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Advisory from Dr. Donald Misch, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health and Wellness:
Currently, the third-largest wildfire in Colorado history is burning to the north of Boulder County. Smoke from the High Park fire is affecting many communities in our area and the Boulder County Public Health has issued a health advisory. I urge you to exercise appropriate caution to preserve your health as we deal with the high levels of particulates in our air.
Wildfire smoke contains pollutants that can be harmful to health. Particles from smoke tend to be very small and can be inhaled into the deepest recesses of the lungs. Even in healthy people, this can cause pulmonary inflammation and temporary reductions in lung function. Particulate matter can also affect the body's immune system.
In general, if you can see or smell smoke, I recommended you avoid outdoor physical activities. If visibility is decreased to less than five miles, smoke has reached unhealthy levels.
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For Nadine Gordimer in 1983, the arts in South Africa were simply "the sum of various states of alienation."
Novelist Nadine Gordimer was among about 300 white liberals who visited a black township near Johannesburg on May 18, 1986, to lay wreaths at the grave of victims of political unrest. Gordimer passed away July 14 at the age of 90. (Reuters)
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Nairobi — The odds are still stacked against Kenyan distillers and brewers in the East African market despite the recent downward revision of the excise duty paid on wines and spirits by the government.
The revision, which came after spirited lobbying by the alcohol industry, addressed tax increases on low-end spirits effected in December 2008 and taxation changes announced by Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta in his June 2009 Budget speech.
In the speech, Mr Kenyatta changed the excise duty on spirits from Sh7 per 1 per cent of alcohol per litre to Sh120 or 65 per cent ad valorem (tax based on value), whichever is higher, and that of wines from Sh7 per 1 per cent of alcohol per litre to Sh70 or 50 per cent whichever is higher.
"The two changes of December 2008 and June 2009 impacted negatively on profitability and even on the survival of some firms," the National Alcohol Beverages Association of Kenya (NABAK) vice chair, Ken Kariuki, told the Sunday Nation. Although the 2008 increase in duty targeted the lower end market spirits, all brands were basically affected, with the likes of Keroche Breweries taking a big hit, a fact that saw the Naivasha-based firm venture into beer brewing.
Mr Kenyatta's Budget measures, which changed the duty rates to a hybrid regime, were aimed at making portable spirits and wines affordable to consumers therefore eating into the consumption of unhygienic and illicit brews. But NABAK opposed the measures arguing that they would lead to an increase in duty of locally produced wines and spirits by up to 400 per cent.
In a strange twist of events, Keroche and its managing director, Tabitha Karanja, supported the measures by cutting prices of its products while NABAK begun the lobbying, which resulted in the recent duty reduction. However, despite the latest duty cuts, which saw some of the country's distillers like East African Breweries Ltd (EABL) and Kenya Wine Agencies Ltd (KWAL) revise their prices, on average the country's tax rates remain higher compared to the neighbouring countries.
This means, while lower-end spirits still pay much less duty in Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda than in Kenya, still mainstream spirits pay less duty in Tanzania than in Kenya. In this regard, for instance, while EABL's Kane Extra Golden 205ml attracts a duty of Sh24.60 in Kenya under the current tax regime, its equivalent in Uganda and Rwanda is taxed at Sh22.75 and Sh19 in Tanzania.
Its Richot brandy 750ml is taxed at Sh153.80; an equivalent attracts a higher tax in Uganda and Rwanda at 307.50 but far less in Tanzania, at Sh69.75. It is a situation that creates fertile ground for one of the biggest problems facing the country's alcohol industry -- illicit spirits and cheap imports.
"Having these spirits paying more duty in Kenya than in neighbouring countries will mean that chances of smuggling from those countries are very high," Mr Kariuki is also EABL director of Corporate Affairs. What is more, it is also emerging that the government's reduction of duty on wines and spirits from Sh120 or 65 per cent to Sh120 or 35 per cent of the value announced in December 2009, does not include wines and spirits targeting the low-end market.
This means, while spirits sold by a manufacturer for over Sh342.85 will be subjected to the new tax regime, duties on the lower-end of the market are capped at Sh120. "It (duty reduction) favours the expensive spirits and wines most of which are imported into the country. It favours the big players but it is unfair to small local distillers and brewers," said Ms Karanja.
It is a situation that the industry says is even more worrying in the case of beer in terms of duty differences across the region. In some cases, while Uganda and Rwanda's rates are significantly lower than Kenya's, Tanzania's duty rates are said to be much lower than the country's lowest duties.
For instance, while EABL's Tusker Lager brand attracts Sh27 per 500ml bottle or 83 per cent of the selling price, its equivalent pays Sh19.50 per bottle or 70 per cent of the selling price in Uganda and Rwanda and TSh177 (about Sh10) per bottle or 15 per cent of selling price.
On the other hand, Allsops, which is a non-malt brand made from local raw materials, is taxed in Kenya at Sh22.50 per 500ml bottle or equivalent to 102 per cent of the selling price. Its equivalent attracts a duty of 70 per cent of selling price, which translates to Sh15.50 per bottle in Uganda and Rwanda while in Tanzania it attracts TSh104.50 (about Sh5.80) per bottle or equivalent to 26 per cent of selling price.
But Joseph Karuga of Kapari Ltd who imports Konyagi from Tanzania, feels the issue is being blown out of proportion since importers pay the necessary taxes for their imports. "If anything, the recent duty cuts favoured the local distillers because we had to reduce our prices for stocks we had paid duty for before the reduction," Mr Karuga said.
To demonstrate it, he said they slashed their price for the Sh500ml bottle from Sh500 to Sh330. However, the local alcohol industry, while welcoming the government's latest move, is calling for far-reaching changes. "The key solution is harmonisation of excise duty rates as well as VAT (Value Added Tax) rates across the East African Community (EAC) in the same way that customs duties have been harmonised," said Mr Kariuki.
Such a harmonisation will also extend to the forms of taxation used across the region. For instance, while Uganda and Rwanda use the ad valorem rates, which is taxation based on value (i.e. based on percentage of selling price), Tanzania uses specific rates (based on volumes) and Kenya uses hybrid for spirits and specific for beers.


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This posting took me to the fact that there are MANY theaters on current and former military bases around the country.Some are simple wooden stuctures that look like they were built from left over parts or materials from the "temporary"WWII barracks.Take little Ft Pickett,Va.It has two theaters,one dating from WWII,one built in the 50's or 60's that still shows movies.Ft Douglas,Ut has a nice old brick theater that I think was built in the 30's.I could go on and on.Sadly many really nice theaters have been destroyed.A beautiful stone one at Camp Blanding,Fla.comes to mind.We could start a whole new site,just for military theaters.Ft.Lee ,VA uses theirs as a very active community theater site.
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The Seattle Mariners scored twice in the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday, as they defeated the Detroit Tigers 3-2 at Safeco Field.
Seattle won the game as +125 underdogs, while the five runs fell UNDER the posted over/under (9).
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Player You Need To Know This Weekend
Mike Glennon, QB, Tampa Bay (No. 8). It's way too early to play Glennon. Greg Schiano knows that, but Schiano just couldn't bear to watch Josh Freeman anymore. Freeman's completed 53 percent of his passes since Schiano was hired, his game has plummeted this year, and there was the matter of him oversleeping for the team picture, missing it and then not being voted team captain. A mess. A big, hot mess. I don't blame Schiano for starting Glennon now and not waiting until the Bucs' bye week. Do you want to play a home game with the most unpopular athlete in Tampa leading your team out on the field, trying to salvage your season? Glennon will surely be asked to pilot a safe gameplan against Arizona, and he'd better: The Cardinals' D, according to The MMQB's pass-pressure rankings, have 58 sacks/pressures/knockdowns of quarterbacks through three weeks.
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"No, but if you want to be on TV, hang around him."
—Arizona coach Bruce Arians, asked this week if there was anything new to report on the playing status of safety Rashad Johnson, who had the tip of his left middle finger severed Sunday against the Saints. Johnson's playing status for Sunday at Tampa Bay is questionable. But he's sure getting a lot of media attention.
Ten Things I'll Be Watching For This Weekend
1. The battle for the NFC North lead. And it doesn't include Green Bay. Detroit (2-1) hosts 3-0 Chicago, while Green Bay has an easy game against The Bye. (I'd hate the Week 4 bye if I were a coach. Too early.) Man to watch for the Bears: Defensive tackle Nate Collins replaces Henry Melton (knee; out for the season), and he'll need to give the Bears 30 good interior snaps against a team with a revived running game. But just because this is Collins' first start doesn't mean he hasn't played—he's been in nearly 50 percent of the plays this year as a fireman on the line.
2. Going Long. The Bears drafted inexperienced Oregon guard Kyle Long in the first round last spring for Sundays like this one: to face off against Detroit tackle Ndamukong Suh. Long's been playing well for Chicago, solidifying a position of great need. Suh's been intimidating and great for Detroit. This is the most compelling matchup of the weekend, mano a mano.
3. The return of Matt Cassel … in a very strange place. I bet Matt Cassel never thought his career would get resurrected in London. But with Christian Ponder out with a broken rib, Ponder gets the start against the Steelers at Wembley Stadium.
4. America's Team against America's Story. Looks like after not playing in a game since Aug. 8 San Diego inside linebacker Manti Te'o (foot) will make his NFL debut against Dallas.
5. Sit, Terrelle. Sit. Washington, defensively challenged through three weeks, will likely face pocket passer Matt Flynn instead of Terrelle Pryor (concussion). Flynn's lost his job without playing two seasons in a row in two different NFL cities. And he's not likely to push Pryor to the bench no matter how well he plays Sunday at home.
6. The trade market for the rock-bottom Josh Freeman. Is there one? And why trade for him now when you can sign him as a free agent after the season without compensation? Any team that signs Freeman would have to invest time in a now-marginal prospect mid-season, teaching him a new offense and trying to revive his career. Not the best time for that—unless it's in a place like Jacksonville, for a conditional late-round pick.
7. We'll have to wait until Monday night for the game of the weekend. Miami (3-0) at similarly 3-0 New Orleans, and the Dolphins are crossing their fins that ace pass rusher Cameron Wake (knee) will be able to play. He'll be vital, because the Dolphins can't afford to make it a scoreathon Monday.
8. The Giants trying to salvage the wreckage. As former Giant Carl Banks said in the wake of the 38-0 embarrassment at Carolina, the depressing thing about the performance was the offensive line showed no fighting spirit. This just in: The Kansas City pass rush is tougher to block, and the game Sunday will be at rabid Arrowhead Stadium.
9. The Ohio Bowl. Cincinnati at Cleveland, with Clevelander Brian Hoyer, suddenly dangerous, angling for the upset.
10. Peyton continuing to be pretty good. No quarterback's ever been this sharp in a three-game stretch to start a season. Quarterback rating: 134.7. Quarterback ratings of Manning's seasons in his 30s: 101.0, 98.0, 95.0, 99.9, 91.9, 105.8. In other words, he's playing well. The Eagles fly to Denver to try to derail Manning. I don't like their chances.
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Of course Lockers rating is a mirage. Clearly the offensive design was to run the ball and manage the game, so against stacked defenses he was a one game surprise. His rating, going from awful to mediocre, is not worth discussing, with mostly short yardage dumps and less than 100 attempts at this point. He has benefited mostly by a much improved team overall.
This site is really bad. Peter, the quality of the football writing, while expanded, has greatly been reduced. It is hard to read and actually annoying how pushed it is by SI. Please go back to your normal coverage for SI. I know that wont happen, but it should.
Figure in all the dropped balls and jake rating is 100+
Hail to the Redskins.
Titans have a great D also that helps any offense a whole lot
I used to look forward to Sundays and MMQB but with "all nfl all the time" its wearing a bit thin. Sometimes too much of a good thing makes it a bad thing.
You guys are making so many editing mistakes, you are almost impossible to read without being distracted by the errors. SI is getting sloppier and sloppier, esp the King columns. This is just the most obvious: our savant says, "But with Christian Ponder out with a broken rib, Ponder gets the start ..."
Thats a Jeff Fisher for you rams fans. Let your best player go in FA then overpay for role players. That happened for 17 yrs in TEN.
Steven Jackson meant more to the Rams than they realized.
@PeterKingconscience And you should go away, think of the good that will do.
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@SamPerkins Quit reading it then if it bothers you so much.
@CharlesScaife I have never seen what the attraction to Fisher is, he is a average coach that cant win the big one. The Rams could have done better.
@CharlesScaife Maybe his facial hair convinced him to do it.
@Phroggo Guy couldn't stay on the field. He's been limited to 14 carries already and on track to miss the next 3 weeks (lucky they get a bye in there).
Hail to the Redskins, shun to the liberal PC slobs.
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Jackson was a monster, but he's not getting paid for what he did from 05-12. He's getting paid to play/dominate TODAY and TOMORROW. Out of all the stupid things STL has done to get to this factory of sorrow, not overpaying for a 30 y/o RB with plenty of wear and tear is one of the smarter choices.


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Accessibility at Toronto Community Housing
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) makes Ontario the first jurisdiction in Canada to develop, implement and enforce mandatory accessibility standards in the private and public sectors. The Ontario government is gradually implementing these standards, Customer Service and Integrated Accessibility Standards. To learn more about the AODA visit the Ministry of Community and Social Services website here.
Toronto Community Housing is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. To meet this goal and to meet the requirements of the AODA, Toronto Community Housing has a multi-year Accessibility Plan for Integrated Accessibility Standards. Read the Accessibility Plan here. This plan will be updated from time-to-time.
Often, when we think of accessible service for tenants with disabilities we think about the tenant's physical environment or unit. To learn more about what Toronto Community Housing is doing in this area or if you are a tenant in need of help with these concerns, read more about the Accessibility Program.
Toronto Community Housing also has an Accessibility Policy for Tenants with Disabilities. This policy is currently under review and will be updated by the end of 2014.
Accessible Customer Service Policy
On August 17, 2011, Toronto Community Housing's Board of Directors approved the policy on Accessible Customer Service. Based on tenant feedback and consultations, Toronto Community Housing developed detailed guidelines to help staff and tenants understand the Policy.
Toronto Community Housing's Accessible Customer Service Policy is not about physical changes to our buildings, it's simply about providing good customer service to everyone.
More information about the Accessible Customer Service policy for tenants is available in the tenant FAQ document available to download here.
Feedback - Accessible Customer Service
One of the most important elements of the AODA customer service standard is ensuring customers know the ways to share feedback with Toronto Community Housing about our accessible customer service.
If you are a tenant with a disability and have feedback for Toronto Community Housing, we encourage you to use the tenant complaint process or you can contact your operating unit manager sharing the concern about the service.
You can call the Client Care Centre 416-981-5500, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com for non-emergency services, email us at email@example.com for general inquiries or place a comment on our online comment form here.
If you do provide feedback about accessible customer service, You should hear back from Toronto Community Housing staff, anywhere from 1 to 2 business days for non-emergencies, and as soon as possible for emergency-related services.
What is the Accessibility Program?
The Accessibility Program gives tenants living with disabilities a chance to work with staff and others to make accessible improvements to their units and common areas so they can participate in community life.
The Program supports Toronto Community Housing's Human Rights, Harassment and Fair Access Policy, the Ontario Human Rights Code and the City of Toronto Accessibility Plan.
The success of the Accessibility Program relies on the cooperation of staff, tenants, family members and agencies to make cost-effective modifications for tenants. Sometimes a tenant may have to transfer to a different building because it is the best way to meet the request.
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A knife-wielding woman was arrested after threatening a student of the Toulouse Jewish school where an Islamist radical murdered four people nearly a year ago.
The 51-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday outside the Ohr Hatorah school (formerly Ozar Hatorah) after she brandished the knife in a threatening manner in front of a 16-year-old boy exiting the institution, according to Le Depeche, a French news site. The teen returned to the school and told authorities about the women, who was arrested shortly thereafter.
According to Direct Matin, a news website and daily newspaper, the woman shouted anti-Semitic slogans and "appeared mentally unstable."
On March 19, 2012, Mohammed Merah, a 23-year-old jihadist fanatic, gunned down Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, 30, along with his two young sons, Aryeh and Gavriel. He also killed Miriam Monsonego, the 8-year-old daughter of Yaacov Monsonego, the school's director.
Merah was killed two days later by French police while trying to escape a police raid on his home. Last week, French police arrested two of his acquaintances on suspicion that they were involved in the school shooting and Merah's earlier slaying of three French soldiers, but they were released a few days later.
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Selecting A Portable Fridge For Your Jeep
Just about everyone has a cooler of some sort and has reached in to pull out that tasty treat, only to have it saturated with ice cold water. I can recall pulling into camp and lusting over other camper's portable fridge/freezers as I reached into my cooler and grabbed my beer out of an icy pool of water. … [Read more...]
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When Brooke told me she was pregnant, I considered this crazy thought for a long, stressful 24 hours: sell the TJ, cash out. Put the backseat in, give it a good wax job, and prepare to send it off with a college girl who likes it since it's red and convertible. The horror. For a last hurrah I'd have to tell her, "Be sure to change the snorkel fluid … [Read more...]


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In consultation with his or her advisor, non-thesis participants individually develop practice concentrations within adult education consisting of a minimum of 15 graduate credit hours. Participants may develop unique concentrations from among graduate courses offered university-wide, or may elect to pursue one of four designated concentrations. The courses presented represent the recommended courses for the following concentration:
Community College Teaching
The Community College Teaching Concentration is unique in its set of Core Credit Classes. Students working on a Community College Teaching Concentration will take 21 core credit hours in the following classes and an additional 18 elective hours in a discipline of their choosing:
ADED 718 - Adult Learner: Andragogical Principles
ADED 719 - Assessment and Evaluation
ADED 708 - Methods in Adult Education
ADED 709 - Adult Development and Learning
ADED 776 - Principles of Community College Teaching
ADED 716 - Qualitative Research in Adult Education
ADED 720 - Workforce Training and Experiential Learning
Students choose one of five disciplines for community college teaching and complete electives in these areas: Business Education, Biology, English, History, or Manufacturing Systems.
Certificate in Community College Teaching
The Community College Teaching Certificate consists of 15 credits from the Adult Education Community College Teaching Concentration. Students must be enrolled full-time in the Adult Education program to be eligible for this certificate.
The Program of Study for the Graduate Certificate in Adult Education Community College Teaching (ADED – CCT ) is as follows:
ADED 708 - Methods of Adult Education
ADED 718 - Adult Learner: Andragogical Principles
ADED 719 - Assessment and Evaluation
ADED 720 - Workforce Training and Experiential Learning
ADED 776 - Principles of College Teaching
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Engineering Lab
The College of Engineering ranks No. 1 for the number of degrees awarded to African Americans
U.S. News and World Report ranks the COE in the top third of the Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
ERC Research
N.C. A&T is the home of the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center (ERC)
Ag Research
SAES brought in more than $20 million in research grant funding
Webb Hall
The School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (SAES) is the largest among the nation's HBCUs
F.D. Bluford Library
F.D. Bluford Library is one of the region's premier research libraries
Engineering Professor and Student
The MSIT Online Program in the School of Technology is nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report
Academic Excellence
A&T had ninety-eight student athletes earn a cumulative 3.0 grade point average or higher for the 2011-2012 academic year
Janay Ferrell
Freshmen Janay Ferrell placed seventh at the Robert Shumke HBCU Classic
Jarrell Elliott
Track and Field sprinter Jarrell Elliott qualified for the Olympic trials
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Aggie baseball player Xavier Macklin was drafted in the 12th round of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft
Aggie Track & Field
Aggies will host the 2013 Junior National Olympics
Shakia Forbes
N.C. A&T long jumper Shakia Forbes became the first Aggie female to earn All-American honors in a field event
Aggie's Baseball homerun
North Carolina A&T has had 16 players drafted to the major leagues
Graduation Crowd
The College of Arts and Sciences awards one-third of the university's degrees each year
University Choir
University Choir has performed for President Obama at the White House
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The Music Program has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1991
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A&T Jazz Ensemble released its first professional CD - Jazz Preeminence
Theatre program to perform at the regionally acclaimed "Center Stage Theatre" in Baltimore, Maryland
Black Nativity performances
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A team of physicians now performs minimally invasive surgery at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital for the removal of parts of the colon affected by cancer. Drs. Eric Haas and T. Bartley Pickron, of Colorectal Surgical Associates (CSA), are leads on the study.
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The visitor statistics showed fully recovered from their little summer dip by setting a new all-time high for unique visitors: 14,655 visits from 122 countries browsed FFindr in August (the old record dated from April 2009 with 13,980 visits)! Although the 41,634 page views are not a record (March 2009 triggered 44,152 page views), there is a clear upward trend compared to June (34,331) and July (36,149). Compared to one year ago, the number of visitors augmented by 258%, page views by 294%.
A steady as usual country top ten, except that we have a new leader: Germany took first place from USA, definitely due to the early adoption of the new online registration for Frisbee tournaments.
The city top ten got mixed around quite a bit, although no newcomers could enter this time. Berlin overtakes Paris, the latter being always on the top right from the beginning.
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PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- There's been much focus on the dangers of driving while using a cell phone, but experts say pedestrians are also suffering the consequences of mobile distraction.
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Still, some experts warn the mental distraction won't go away despite the technological advances.
Clifford Nass, a communications professor at Stanford University, says the fundamental problem is our brains can't concentrate on so many things at once.
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When The Marco Players raises the curtain on its 2014-2015 season, The Players will celebrate their 40th year! Started in the 1970's (est. 1974) as a children's play reading group, it was eventually re-created as an adult community theater known as The Marco Island Players. Originally, a for profit theater, the Players incorporated several years later as a non-profit corporation, now known as The Marco Players. As the oldest not-for-profit, 501(c)3, theater, The Marco Players is eligible to apply for government grants that will help with the future growth of the theater. Contributions to the theater are tax deductible to the extent of the law, provided no goods are exchanged.
For many years the theater had no home base. Performances were done at the Radisson, Marriot and Hilton hotels, Marco Island Town Center and local restaurants. Then, almost sixteen years ago, with the cooperation of Marco Island Town Center, The Marco Players settled into its current space. Much has changed since then. In 2004, thanks to generous supporters and a grant from the Collier County Arts Foundation–plus a Herculean effort by volunteers–the theater was completely remodeled with theater seating, risers, carpeting and a new stage.
Several years ago, in addition to removing the "infamous" pole in the middle of our theater we added a fourth production to our season. We extended our show performances from twelve to fifteen per show. In addition, we added the Ladies Who Lunch Series, now known as the Lunch Box Series. Then, the Players went online with a website, online box office and nearly 300 "likes" on Facebook.
Last year, we collaborated with local artists by celebrating "Play with the Arts" and partnered with other artistic organizations including Shakespeare in Paradise, Marco Island Shakespeare Festival, Marco Island Academy and WOW Improv.
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Maputo — The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday voted unanimously to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising from their Use.
This protocol is a supplementary agreement to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, and is intended to provide a transparent legal framework for the implementation of one of the key objectives of the convention - namely an equitable share-out of the benefits arising from the use of genetic resources.
According to the UN documentation on the protocol, it will "create greater legal certainty and transparency for both providers and users of genetic resources by establishing more predictable conditions for access to genetic resources, and by helping to ensure benefit-sharing when genetic resources leave the contracting party providing the genetic resources"
"By helping to ensure benefit-sharing", the UN adds, "the Nagoya Protocol creates incentives to conserve and sustainably use genetic resources, and therefore enhances the contribution of biodiversity to development and human well-being".
The protocol also "addresses traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources with provisions on access, benefit-sharing and compliance. It also addresses genetic resources where indigenous and local communities have the established right to grant access to them. Contracting Parties are to take measures to ensure these communities' prior informed consent, and fair and equitable benefit-sharing, keeping in mind community laws and procedures as well as customary use and exchange".
Once the protocol takes effect (which happens when 50 signatories have ratified it) the rules will mean that multinational companies must share their profits with local communities not only for using the original resource, but also any derivative products developed from it.
International pharmaceutical companies will also have to pay to use human genetic material including pathogens - the micro-organisms responsible for virus pandemics which are used to develop lucrative vaccines.
The problem here is that one of the main player in genetic resources, the United States, has to date not ratified the Convention on Biological Diversity and has not signed the Nagoya Protocol.
The Protocol also includes a plan to protect biodiversity by setting targets for 2020. Signatory nations agreed to make 17 per cent of the globe's land area and 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas into protected regions, as opposed to the current levels of 13 and one per cent.
Introducing the ratification bill in the Assembly, Environment Minister Alcinda Abreu said "there is an intrinsic relationship between genetic resources and traditional knowledge, in that local communities depend on these resources for a variety of purposes, and are regarded as the true guardians and protectors of biodiversity".
"The use of genetic resources", she added, "has not only changed our understanding of the living world, but has led to the development of new products and processes ranging from life saving medicines to methods to improve our food security".
The Nagoya Protocol, said Abreu, "creates incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources, thus increasing the contribution of biodiversity to human development and well-being".
The protocol was adopted on 29 October 2010 in the Japanese city of Nagoya. So far only 29 of the signatory countries (including 14 African countries) have signed the protocol. Mozambique will be the 30th. This is still far short of the 50 ratifications needed for the Protocol to enter into force.


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Silk wedding dress, Westbrook, ca. 1912
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Possibly made in the Haskell family silk mill in Westbrook, this dress was worn by Mabel Haskell, daughter of the silk manufacturer, when she married Ernest Files on June 19, 1912.
It is in an asymmetrical design with a drape over one shoulder and lace around the neck. It has princess lace and beads and is in a tunic shape.
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- Title: Silk wedding dress, Westbrook, ca. 1912
- Creation Date: circa 1912
- Subject Date: circa 1912
- Town: Westbrook
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Silk
- Local Code: A86-50
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Concern for the animals in the field opposite the John Lewis at Home shop were raised last month when they escaped and ran into a busy road.
The RSPCA was called and found that fence panels were missing and that their environment was less than ideal.
Shopper Pat King said she also feared for the animal's welfare when she spotted them after leaving the shop, in Fougeres Way, with a friend last week.
Mrs King, from near Dover, said: "What concerns me is that the land is very scrubby and it doesn't look as if there's much, if any, pasture for the horses to graze on.
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"One brown and white horse looked very thin; you could see its ribs." - Pat King
"One brown and white horse looked very thin; you could see its ribs."
It is not known who owns the land or horses, but there are around 14 in the field.
RSPCA spokeswoman Katya Mira said: "The RSPCA was called about concerns about the foals in Fougeres Way, Ashford in July after they escaped, and went to check on them.
"The environment was not ideal, and there were some issues with missing fencing, but in general the horses were in good condition and had plenty of grazing.
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