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We get it. Classical music can be scary.
You have this idea of people all dressed to the nines, who are going to give you glares for clapping at the wrong time. You think you'll be bored, because you don't have anything to look at it. You think the music is old and fuddy duddy and out of touch with today's world.
Well guess what? You're wrong. Flat wrong. classical music is awesome. It's the ultimate alternative. What hipster listens exclusively to classical music? None. That's because listening to classical music is the absolute in different, the absolute in cool. Further, the mind comes alive when listening to classical music, as your brain invents the visuals and feelings that the music conveys. You don't need to be handed visuals by some other person's vision. Make your own!
But there's still that intimidation factor.
Seven years ago, Utah Symphony/Utah Opera came up with a solution, Vivace.
It's their group for 20 to 40 somethings (or young at heart). Come single, come married, come partnered. We sit together. No need to bring a date or a friend, plus nobody is going to give you the evil eye for for clapping in between movements. Yes, Utah, that's a faux paux. Dress up if you want to, or don't. We don't care!
Plus, Vivace offers discounts and famous after parties at area restaurants as well as on-site at Abravanel Hall.
Meet the performance's guest artists, the opera casts and crew and the musicians of Utah Symphony. You'll also get a special humor-ized version of the program notes that has been awarded a Best of the Beehive by Salt Lake magazine. It's a fantastic deal. We've even seen a few Vivace romances!
Vivace turns seven this Saturday, March 3.
If you haven't tried Vivace out yet, or haven't been in awhile, now is the time to come back. Tickets are only $48. You'll also get to attend our after-party in Abravanel Hall's exclusive first-tier room. Call 801-533-NOTE (6683) and mention Vivace. Get four friends to buy tickets to Vivace and you'll get a free ticket.
For fun, I've included this weekend's Behind the Music Primer below to give you a little taste of what you'll get with Vivace. For details visit www.utahsymphony.org/tickets/vivace
SATURDAY, MARCH 3 | Brahms' Symphony No. 1 & Takemitsu's A String Around Autumn (a viola concerto!)
Utah Symphony Principal Viola Brant Bayless
How NOT to embarrass yourself and others (i.e. that wicked phrase, concert etiquette):
First, relax. Classical Music doesn't bite. Second, you're not supposed to clap between movements. However, because our orchestra rocks, you'll be tempted. Persevere. Do clap when the concertmaster (the man with the violin) and the conductor (the man with the baton) come on stage. Third, if you carry ANYTHING that may beep, glow, emit light, vibrate, or burst spontaneously into a musical rendition of your favorite tune such as a wrist alarm, pager, cell phone, tablet, watch, or a long-lived Giga Pet, TURN IT OFF!
Strauss: "Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche" op. 28 (1894-95) | Duration: 16 mins.
Franz Liszt aka The Elvis of Classical Music may have invented the symphonic poem, but Richard Strauss took the concept of programmatic music to new levels with his ten tone poems. A tone poem -- and the larger category of programmatic music in general -- is music that tells a story, or communicates a specific feeling or setting. Till Eulenspiegel was a German trickster dating from the Middle Ages. Supposedly, he was born in 1300 and traveled the Holy Roman Empire playing practical jokes and displaying his impudence towards craftsmen, clergy, and aristocracy alike. It is quite possible that he wasn't just legend but an actual person. In low German, his name means "whip the arse" which is exactly what he did to the collective bottom of the early fourteenth century. You could even say that you are opening up a can of "Till Eulenspiegel" on people when you are shaking things up! His myth has evolved over time and today there is a museum dedicated to his legend as well as a Russian rock band that shares his name. Strauss gave this little work quite the sub-title: nach alter Schelmenweise - In Rondeauform - für grosses Orchester gestetzt, translated as: after an old rogue's tale - in rondo form - set for full orchestra. The musical joke, however, is that the piece isn't really a rondo. Typical rondos are comprised of three sections (ABC), of which the first section is repeated around the second two (resulting in ABACA typically). Rather than repeating sections as in a real rondo, Strauss utilized three themes which weave themselves throughout the work around Eulenspiegel's various pranks and concluding with the rather graphic musical description of his beheading.
Takemitsu: "A String Around Autumn" Viola Concerto (1989) | Duration: 16 minutes
Takemitsu (1930-1996) is considered by many to be one of the most original and ingenious voices of the twentieth century. This distinction is all the more remarkable as he was almost entirely self-taught by listening to recordings of Western music as a teenager in post-war Japan!!! There's hope for us all. He even taught himself to read notes! Takemitsu said of his discovery of music, " I began [writing] music attracted to music itself as one human being. Being in music, I found my raison d'être as a man. After the war, music was the only thing. Choosing to be in music clarified my identity." Takemitsu hit the big time when introduced to Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky had heard Takemitsu's Requiem on the radio while on tour to Japan and insisted on meeting the young composer. Takemitsu started receiving American premieres and commissions as a result. Takemitsu's second compositional period was the result of discovering the American composer John Cage. "The reason for this is that in my own life, in my own development, for a long period I struggled to avoid being "Japanese", to avoid "Japanese" qualities. It was largely through my contact with John Cage that I came to recognize the value of my own tradition." The result was a lot of awesomely weird music. Takemitsu's third compositional period began in the late 70s and lasted until his death. He returned to tonality, saying that he wanted to explore it as a "sea." Basically meaning that his approach to tonality would be as broad and shifting as the sea is itself. It is tonal, there are chords based on thirds, but these chords are often expanded into large, open sounding spaces ala Debussy. A key might wash in and out quickly, it may stay awhile.
Such is the case for this Viola Concerto. Like Till Eulenspiegel, this is a programmatic work, based on a Japanese poem that is described in the program note. The soloist sees a vision of nature and his purpose is to translate it both to the orchestra and listener. Impressionist, Debussy-sounding, harmonies are found mostly in the strings, whereas more dissonant harmonies are frequently found in the wind and brass sections. The result is a sort of strange, misty landscape. As Brant Bayless, our soloist, communicated to your resident music nerd, "All the colors are along the lines of a sunny, calm, autumn day although it's the the sort of sunny fall day that has a subdued, autumnal light. It's 16 minutes of, 'Ahh! Nature!' There isn't a lot of development to the piece, it's more like a sophisticated constant variation that grows from a series of five notes that are actually the pentatonic scale." The pentatonic scale is a series of five notes, rather than the traditional 7, which forms the basis for folk music worldwide, especially in Eastern music. This basic gesture is frequently taken over by the orchestra in an upward climb of increasingly larger steps that loosely follows the circle of fifths. This is the basic organizational system of all music, western or eastern actually. All cultures use fifths as their building block. A fifth is two notes that are five steps apart on a piano. It is the most harmonious sounding interval after the octave. In Western music, as you go from note to note in a series of fifths. an accidental (sharp/flat, depending on your direction) is added to that note's key signature. This is the circle of fifths. The further away you get from c, the more accidentals in the key signature. Eventually you add so many accidentals that you actually return to C major (no sharps or flats). The original, pentatonic based theme that is introduced by the viola is echoed in the other instrumentals and by how the theme rises in the orchestra following the circle of fifths. The net result is an effect similar to fractals, in which tiny patterns are duplicated when you look at the item as a whole. This is a phenomenon that happens frequently in nature, and it's brilliant for Takemitsu to organize his piece in a fractal-based manner since it's program is an autumnal scene.
Replete with special effects and unique instruments, this piece is one of those gorgeous works that doesn't sound that hard but is actually, in Brant's words, "ridiculously difficult to execute and frequently explores the nether regions of the viola." He pointed to a passage in which the viola is asked to do multi octave jumps that are doubled in the violins. A few of the violins bemoaned its difficulty. Imagine how much harder it is for a viola playing the same notes on an instrument that is lower by a fifth! This is a great piece for Brant as he is both an amazing violist and an avid skier who loves the outdoors. [And by avid skier, we mean the sort that never skies on trails, is intimately acquainted with avalanches, and likes to jump out of helicopters to ski where humans were never intended to ski!] Brant finished our conversation by adding, "perhaps this being a crap year for snow has kept me more focused on this piece," so this year's dearth of snow must have been just so Brant could learn the Takemitsu!
Some weird and not so weird Johannes Brahms (1833-1876) factoids: 1) Brahms' mother was 17 years older than his father – a 19th century cougar. 2) His family was quite poor growing up (Dad a musician, mom a seamstress), so young Brahms supplemented the family income by playing the piano in restaurants, theaters, AND it's urban legend that Brahms played in bars that doubled as brothels in his early teens. 3) In addition to piano, Brahms also studied the cello when young. His dreams of becoming a world famous cellist ended when his teacher stole his cello and skipped town. 100% true. 4) Brahms had the most amazing beard ever. He began to grow it in his late 40's. Some have suggested it was over-compensation as he was well into his twenties when his voice finally changed and he needed to start shaving. Also, 100% true. 5) When Brahms was 19, he went on a tour accompanying a famous violinist during which he met Joseph Joachim, the biggest violin virtuoso of the day. Joachim fell instantly in love with Brahms' music and wrote a letter to the composer Robert Schumann about how much Brahms rocked. Brahms then showed up at the Schumanns' front door and basically moved in. Robert even went so far as to call Brahms the "next Beethoven," saying he was a musical messiah who would "spring forth like Minerva fully armed from the head of Jove."
The Great Musical Divide: Back in those days, you where either in the Brahms music mafia, or the Wagner music mafia. (Anyone hearing Godfather music now?) Wagner was all about experimental music and Brahms was all about trying to be just like Beethoven. Wagner was the musical antithesis of everything that Brahms stood for. The Wagnerites and the Brahmites engaged in constant bickering, music critics would play sides, and even famous performers had to choose which composer they would play for. It eventually went so far that Brahms tried to organize a public protest of Wagner's music. Can you imagine all those music nerds marching around with protest signs saying, "Down with Wagner! Shame on Wagner for breaking the rules! Listening to Wagner is the devil!" As you've probably guessed, the protest was a massive failure and only 3 people signed Brahms' petition.


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LSPD in GTA III Era
- For information about how the LSPD pursue the player, see here.
LSPD in GTA III Era
LSPD police car, GTA San Andreas.
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|San Andreas
|Law Enforcement Agency
|Carl Johnson
Grove Street Families
Los Santos Vagos
Varrios Los Aztecas
|San Andreas Police Department, C.R.A.S.H., FBI, SWAT
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|Frank Tenpenny
Eddie Pulaski
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The Los Santos Police Department (LSPD) is a branch of the San Andreas Police Department servicing the city of Los Santos in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The LSPD is the largest police force in the state.
Modeled after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), the LSPD are a prominent part of the storyline in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The department's headquarters sit adjacent to Los Santos City Hall in the Pershing Square neighbourhood of Los Santos, San Andreas. This is where the player re-spawns after being arrested anywhere within Los Santos city limits.
There is also another smaller "LSPD HQ", located in Dillimore, Red County; while unspecified by its signage to be within LSPD's jurisdiction, the game dubs the station as an "LSPD HQ" when the player enters the station. This may be because when the interior was used the name was as well. However, if the player is busted in Red County, the player respawns at the Pershing Square LSPD instead. This may indicate the LSPD in Red County is uncharged of all the small towns in the Red County.
The LSPD houses a branch known as C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums, based on a real-life anti-gang branch of the LAPD), of which officers Frank Tenpenny, Eddie Pulaski, and Jimmy Hernandez are members. Tenpenny and Pulaski also represent the main antagonistic element throughout the game's entire storyline, and use their authority as LSPD officers to achieve their sinister ends.
The LSPD seems to host the only SWAT team in San Andreas as the Enforcers that appear when the player has a 4-star wanted level have LSPD markings on them regardless of the players location.
Police brutality
In the underground garage of the Los Santos Police Department headquarters, the player can witness police brutality in the form of one police officer repeatedly punching a random pedestrian model while a second officer taunts or cheers on. This set piece may be inspired by the real-life beating of Rodney King by the Los Angeles Police Department, which eventually triggered the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Often, when pedestrians bump into police cars on the highway, police will try to kill them. Sometimes, if it happens vice versa, the police will do the same actions and try to kill the ped.
- There is a hidden purple dildo in the shower in the LSPD HQ. This dildo can be used as a weapon.
- No matter where you are in the state, LSPD Enforcers will chase you.
See also
- San Andreas Police Department
- San Fierro Police Department
- Las Venturas Police Department
- Los Santos Police Department in GTA V Era
- Rural Police
- Motor Officer


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unctad.org | Trade and Development Board, Twenty-sixth special session
Office of the Secretary-General
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Statement by Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
Trade and Development Board, Twenty-sixth special session
14 Jun 2012
Thank you very much, Mr. President.
At the outset, I would like to make this statement that we all at UNCTAD are deeply appreciative of the exercise that has been carried out by the Joint Inspection Unit in its Review of Management and Administration in UNCTAD. If there would have been some confusion as to when the secretariat would like to look at the review report then it was mainly because it came at a time that we were having some very intensive debates on what was to be expected as the final outcome document coming out of the thirteenth Conference at Doha. But I think we have actually cleared up the air and we understand actually what took place and what didn't take place and I really have, again, great appreciation for the way all of you, the member States, the delegations, and those of you who have been involved in the negotiations and those who worked behind the scenes who helped in coming to certain understandings that after all our debates and discussions and the inspection report, we are here to strengthen the process of how to approach the next generation of globalization in a way that institutions like UNCTAD could be improved, could be guided, could be mandated, in the best possible manner, so that we can exercise our authorities, our expertise, our research, our discourses, dialogues, here and around the world, so that we can give the right kind of approaches to countries that would have to deal with the ongoing economic, social and environmental adjustments, while at the same time seeing to it that our growth is more inclusive and goes towards eradication of poverty and deals with the issues of all forms of inequalities – gender, geographical, generational – all forms.
So again, this is in appreciation of the JIU Report, and there are evidences in this report that point to some of the positive impact if we talk about results-based management. The report does discuss the positive impact achieved by UNCTAD's work in several areas. The report also acknowledges progress achieved in several initiatives taken up by the secretariat to reform management and administration for UNCTAD. In fact, it was mainly based upon one of my first acts when I came to UNCTAD in September 2005. In October 2005, I initiated the establishing of a panel of eminent persons that resulted in a report that gave rise to all kinds of discussions and subsequent implementation of the reform process for management and administration. If you recall, it became part of the UNCTAD XII Conference in Accra as sub-theme number 4, and in spite of some differences in our opinions, collectively we agreed on the way that UNCTAD's management and administration could be enhanced, and this already started since 2005. So you can see that this JIU Report is part of the ongoing process of improving, enhancing the way that we can manage and administrate our work at UNCTAD. It is an ongoing process, something that we would keep on striving to achieve, to do our best. The best may not be adequate, or some things cannot be done at the moment. But we will try to do even better than our best, because the situation requires us to be as vigilant as possible.
The Report does note results in areas of research and analysis coming from the Readership Survey (which is very well done). The Readership Survey did show an essentially positive assessment of UNCTAD reports in terms of substantive policy contributions, analytical qualities, and so on and so forth. There has been very appropriate mentioning of DMFAS and ASYCUDA, which are our landmark projects. As for some of our other landmark projects, such as the Virtual Institute, work has been found to be impressive by the JIU Report, and, as you can see now that I have also been trying, actually before the Report was launched, to strengthen the work of the Virtual Institute by merging the Virtual Institute activities with the activities of the global network of research institutes, that had been proposed as one of the recommendations coming out of the Panel of Eminent Persons' report, if you recall, from 2006. In areas of partnerships with other agencies, the JIU Report does mention the leadership that we have taken in the creation of the UN Inter-Agency CEB Trade and Productive Capacity Cluster that has been proposed by us at UNCTAD, by myself at the CEB meeting, and always been led by UNCTAD since it was launched by the UN Secretary-General in 2008 during our UNCTAD XII meeting. So, I would say that these are some of the positive appropriate sides of the recognition of the work that we have been doing jointly with the guidance, I would say all the time, from the membership.
Nevertheless, if I may be frank, as the Inspector has also been quite frank and straightforward, of course the Report could have been helped if some more of the evidences and comments and the efforts to correct some of the inaccuracies that have been proposed by the Secretariat could have been taken on board, and I would understand that sometimes opinions would differ, but generally, honestly, we have made our proposals. I think the pages of our comments and responses amount to something like 59 pages of our comments and responses, not the last one but the ones that were made on the draft report of the JIU. So, not much, or maybe nothing, has been taken on board, and that is something that I would like to indicate as probably a lack of balance in the way opinions from the secretariat should be listened to. I also would have hoped that more concrete evidences, substantive evidences, could have been presented, so that some of the sweeping, and as the Inspector himself has expressed, some of the harsh comments, could have been better understood by the member States, so that they can indicate to us as to what particular areas of lack of transparency, loss of accountability or lack of vision that we could improve upon, because what I am going to say will be just to clarify some of these issues, that we are mindful of this, we are aware of some of these issues, and we would like to demonstrate to you some of the work that you have done together with us to help actually, in making great improvements in various areas of UNCTAD's work, and, of course, if this report would have paid some attention to some of the substances, contents of our reports it would have been more balanced. Of course, I admit the JIU Report refers to some of our flagship reports, in particular it mentions the Trade and Development Reports, it mentions the World Investment Reports, but there are other reports that illustrate our substantive work, and I am confident that member States around the world have been greatly appreciative of this work. I don't have to reiterate how much of our reports and research work have been used last year during the LDC-IV Conference, for example, in Istanbul last year. So, these are just some of my own personal remarks that certainly, if it would have been possible, I would have expected to see better balance to be presented by this important JIU Report.
Now, there are several areas of very strong and very critical sweeping judgements that have been passed in this report on the way we manage, I manage, we administer, I administer this organization, that I think would need, not really a rebuttal or a rejoinder or back-and-forth arguments, but just some clarifications, some clarifications, so that, as member States who have to look at what should be the consequences of this report, as we also at the secretariat have already begun to look at the consequences for our own work, because we are mindful of the things that have been indicated in the report that need to be improved. So, just for clarification, for your future deliberations on the consequences and the outcome for this report, that you could be as fully informed as possible from our side. I would pick up six areas. I cannot be exhaustive in the way the report has been so graphic in certain areas, but let me pick up six areas, and I cannot go into details in all areas, but let me give you some of the information and the kind of areas and directions of work that we are trying to push forward so that we can fulfil some of the things that have been actually indicated to us in the JIU Report.
There are six areas. One area is about our organizational identity in a so-called existential crisis, uncertainty, about our identity. I think it was in our first meeting with the team of inspectors that I did mention that. UNCTAD, really… we have this identity problem, because we don't have really a clear-cut, concrete, explicit constituency. If I were at the World Trade Organization, of course trade ministers would be my constituency. If I were in the World Health Organization, yes, of course, public health ministries would be my constituency. If I were in the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), I would have the ministers of industry as my major constituency. But I am pleased that UNCTAD's constituency is national governments around the world. We are responsible to the macroeconomic developmental framework of countries around the world that would have to be an integrated picture of all of these ministries together. We are very proud of our integrated framework background, but yet, this is one problem that actually indicates the kind of lack of identity, and it was mentioned to me by some of the leaders when we met when I sometimes asked why governments do not speak up for UNCTAD work; they say because everybody can speak up or everybody can remain silent. I will come back to this, but just to go over the six areas that I would come back to give you my comments on what are we doing, what we have done to be able to tackle some of these issues. And, some of which, we need, of course, your guidance on, we need your support, support from the member States, and we need to be reminded by reports such as the JIU Report, so that we can, again, be as humble as possible as to what we have achieved or failed to achieve. So, the first one is about our organizational identity.
The second one is the clear and common vision from top management that seems to be found lacking in this report. The third one is the decreasing commitment and leadership from member States. The fourth is the claim in the report that one of the several areas of UNCTAD that has become more and more bureaucratic is in the area of research and analysis, where we are reducing our own endogenous research and analysis and findings. Number five is, seemingly, the lack of results-based management under my management, under my watch. Number six is that the staff at large, according to survey results, seem to indicate to the report that there is an organizational malaise and an in-depth loss of trust and confidence into the functioning of the secretariat in terms of leadership, management transparency, communication, and fairness of treatment for the career development of staff. This is a whole mouthful, and a massive accusation of the shortages in the way I manage this institution, and this cannot be let go without having the right kind of clarifications from my side and from the side of my own staff. So let me go to them one by one, as concisely as I could possibly afford to do.
The first one, I think, came as no surprise to all of you, to most of you, if you have been involved with UNCTAD's work, that there has always been something of an anxiety, an uncertainty, with UNCTAD's presence. You would recall when we were created in 1964, we had a difficult birth, a difficult birth, in fact, some member States were not always in full agreement with the coming into existence of such an institution like UNCTAD. This is some time past, but I have to remind you that we have gone through a massive reorganization, I think, if I remember correctly, from the Midrand UNCTAD IX (1996) Conference, by which our divisions were downgraded. We used to have something like eight or more than eight major divisions. After Midrand, we were downgraded to half that number of divisions. The LDC division was downgraded to a programme, Commodities was downgraded to a programme. So you can see that the threat, the existential threat for UNCTAD, is not just imaginary or a paranoia, it's real. The birth of the World Trade Organization in 1995 weakened our own intergovernmental machinery, and of course, the things that UNCTAD used to be proud of in terms of our underpinning international multilateral negotiations in various areas of commodities and international trade have been of course taken over, rightfully so, by WTO, but that has been part of the concerns with the existence of UNCTAD. And of course, at the LDC-III (I guess) summit, in Brussels in 2001, the platform for the LDC work of UNCTAD was further diminished, I would say dismembered, because nearly half of the resources that we had were actually reallocated to New York. So, these are some of the things I have to remind you about. When I came to UNCTAD in 2005, all these things had taken place. So, what I did was to try to set a new vision, to introduce the restructuring effort for UNCTAD.
And I did it with the setting up of the Panel of Eminent Persons, led by the former President of Brazil, President Cardoso, who was so kind as to have actually spent a lot of his time with us, and different leading experts in the areas of trade and development from various countries and various parts of the world, including the former President of Finland, President Halonen; the former President of the United Republic of Tanzania; and the former President of Mozambique. This was one of my first acts when I came to UNCTAD in September 2005, and in October 2005 we set up this panel. I shared with you the panel's report, I brought it into discussion when we had a review of UNCTAD XI, and it was decided finally by the members to take on board not all, but various of the recommendations at UNCTAD XII in Accra. You would recall that this report, I called it
Enhancing the Development Role and Impact of UNCTAD
. By that time, I already was very conscious of the erosion of the impact of the role of UNCTAD in several areas. And I know that we can't actually keep wanting to go back to the 1960s and the 1970s. Those days will not come back. We've gone past that. We are in a new generation of globalization; we are in a new economic power equation. So this is what UNCTAD now is all about.
That was long before I just want to make sure that you understand why I did all that, and the resulting implementation of the report that we have been carrying out. Several reforms in several areas: We have improved the intergovernmental machinery, by consolidating the Commissions' work. We have instigated the multi-year expert meetings, so that the expert meetings can become more substantive, and can produce more impact on the way we work and more meaningfully. We have established, for the first time in the UN system, the Public Symposium, to work more closely with civil society, because it is not enough to work only among ourselves with the experts and government officials; we need to be listening to the parliamentarians, we need to listen to civil society, we need to listen to the business sectors, we need to listen to the academics. We have created the UN Inter-Agency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity; I have already said that. We have created genuine partnerships with other international organizations, and I can cite so many different joint products, joint publications. We've done work with ILO on employment and on unemployment, a few years ago in our Trade and Development Report.
We have done work with UNIDO on industrialization and the need to be looking at new ways of doing industrial policy, which is much needed. Even the United States is taking up the new way of approaching on industrial policy work. We have been doing a lot of work with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on food security, on agricultural marketing information, on agricultural productivity – so many things on food security. We've been working with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in so many areas to be able to substantiate our work as one in the UN. The UN as one. UNCTAD has been actually introducing the joint training programme for our resident coordinators around the world, so that resident coordinators could be representing all of us from the UN, because UNCTAD doesn't have any resident representatives anywhere in the world. And we've been successfully introducing the elements of economic development and trade issues into the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).
We have been working with WIPO, the intellectual property rights organization, in the areas of creative economy and development applications of the intellectual property rights agreements. We're working with the World Trade Organization, particularly on the G-20 report on protectionism in the areas of trade and investment. And the list just goes on and on. We've been following your mandate to streamline publications. We've been reducing the number of publications, but we have created some new things which we think are needed, but we have reduced the large number of publications. We have been streamlining our technical cooperation, reducing the number of projects from more than 400 to now about 200-something, and we're going to streamline more, the basic thematic parts of our technical cooperation. And we have launched into the global discussion just to make sure that we exist and we make differences; in some areas we are making a great difference, like in the area of investment. We've launched the World Investment Forum since Accra in 2008, and now we've done three in the series of World Investment Forums, so much so, that the constituencies of our investment forums have been expanding every year. It has gone from a thousand people, to now when we have a few thousand people attending the meetings. Some countries would like to own the forum on our behalf, to have a perennial place, a permanent place for this forum. But we want to have it be shared around the world, so we are moving this forum around the world to have rotation. So this is what I have been trying to do, to reduce whatever doubts that may have lingered in the way that we may be thinking about the future of UNCTAD. Because I do realize that when I came in, existential uncertainty and threats were real and not paranoia.
The second area: the lack of clear common vision from top management. I can't say I'm hurt when I see this remark, but I do feel badly that after all that we have been doing – in terms of all these reforms that I, together with my team, that we have actually carried out – there are still some remarks on the lack of clear vision from the top management. I think I deserve something better than that. When I came in, and came up with all those reforms from the first year onward that I came to be in this organization with all of you. I think that the eminent persons' report and subsequent reforms in major areas of our work are indicative witness to the commitments of this administration and this management under my watch. To have the vision to change UNCTAD from one that used to dwell in "Oh, but we have done so well in the 60s and 70s, can't we do something more with the commodities agreement, Common Fund, can't we do more work in terms of ODA, can't we do more work on GSP (Generalized System of Preferences)?" No, because times have changed, now we're doing work on policy space, we're doing work on policy on productive capacity, we're doing work on sustainable investment, we're doing better work in the area of sustainable debt, and responsible borrowing and lending. We're doing great works in the areas of trying to help LDCs graduate, which has never been heard before.
The number of LDCs had been increasing and the UN system together with all of you merely adjusted to deal with them. For me, I reject that. I want to see numbers fall and I said this from the time I came into UNCTAD. We cannot keep saying that in the 60s and the 70s there used to be only twenty-something LDCs and now we have about 50 LDCs and are satisfied with that. I don't want to see in 2020, to have more than 50 LDCs. And that's why at the LDC forum in Istanbul, the Istanbul Plan of Action did commit all of us to a gradual graduation of half of the LDCs and we are very, very committed to that. If this is not vision then I don't know what you can call vision. When I came into this office, the internal in-house ideology was let a hundred flowers bloom, that this is purely a research organization and you can go and have your own minds, your own ideologies, these sorts of things. I came in and said "No". We are not here to serve ourselves or our research preferences, we're here to serve the global community, so we must be guided by that, and you can have your ideologies, you may like or not like any ideologies but you keep it at home. Here is our practical work that we have to lean on our three pillars. We start with our research, and then we go through the intergovernmental machinery, and then we also implement them on the ground. And I kept saying this as our vision time and again, time and again, and you would see that we are more linked, there are more linkages of all the things we have been working on in the last few years. We were confrontational when I came in, when I was in my former career reincarnation. You cannot image how many spats we had between the World Trade Organization and UNCTAD.
Yes, I was the first WTO Director-General to have signed an MOU with UNCTAD. There was no one from WTO who would like to sign an MOU with UNCTAD; I signed the first one. And I implemented them, when I was there at WTO, and I implement them all when I am here. We were all working in silos and we had a very difficult work relationship with the International Trade Centre, very difficult. I'm convinced that we have changed all this. I don't think UNCTAD has been alienated from all the international community.
The vision, the foremost:
No. 1 that I did for UNCTAD, was to make UNCTAD more relevant, meaningful, and the eminent persons' report recognizes that it is an ongoing process. I have now committed to the second report of the eminent persons' group – why? – because I know that in terms of administration, in terms of management, we've done some work, not finished the work, but we need to initiate some new work in the areas of our substantive contents, because as I've said, we've gone into crisis after crisis, situations have changed and I need to consult my panels, and the Panel of Eminent Persons has been so kind in agreeing to create another panel now co-chaired by the former president of Finland, Ms. Tarja Halonen, and very prominent economist Jagdish Bhagwati. Again, with so many people from various parts of the world including the newly elected vice-president, the former first lady of the Dominican Republic, and also the former president of South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki, for example.
I am serious with the work that I am doing, so I'm continuing with this and you'll be hearing what the eminent persons have been saying about our substantive work. I will not be hiding them from you, but the problem at the moment is that in doing this report while working on UNCTAD XIII, I cannot finish all this report in time. I, we, were wishing, I was saying to our eminent persons that we would like to launch this eminent persons' report at Doha at UNCTAD XIII, but now I have to defer it, I have to postpone it, but the report will be launched for all of you, you would have a chance to look and comment on the report. And I wish and I would like to see your comments, and they all expect to see your comments.
Vision No. 2: The way we work together. I have been proclaiming, announcing my three C's ad nauseum to my staff: coordination, communication, concentration. Coordination, communication, concentration. The three C's. Some of them listened, some of them only now listen, but this is human. This is human. I keep repeating, and I will do until I depart from this organization. These are the three C's that I have asked, I have ordered, I have commanded to all our staff and divisions, to adopt. I would say that almost all of them have been doing that, this is what I believed in and so I just don't understand why the "
lack of common vision from top management
Vision No. 3: I have been trying to break down all the silos but the silos have been very strong. We have been doing all configurations of interdivisional work that I would not want to annoy you or bore you with the details. But if you would have actually been looking at some of our joint work in areas of energy, food crisis, preparations for all these big meetings, LDCs, UNCTAD XII, the Accra Accord Steering Committee, the financial crisis interdivisional work, speculations in the financial markets, the commodities markets, so much of this work that… I don't know… We still need to do more work. This is still unfinished. Because this has been so much ingrained in this organization that it will not take a few years; it could take probably ages, but we are doing the work, so that you would know that I have not ignored or overlooked this work. We're still doing the work.
Vision No. 4: We have, I have, reorganized the whole of UNCTAD. When I came in, not for the sake of reorganization, but I looked at the Africa programme being separated from the LDC programme, and you would understand how wasteful this could be, because there are, or there were at that time, about 50 or 51 LDCs, and there were about 40 or 34 African countries in the LDC group, and they were in a separate division. Since my arrival, I have merged them together, and the effectiveness of the work and the resource effectiveness – this is all what you want from the resources. You cannot be saying and just paying lip service to results-based management without handling how efficiently your resources can be used, our resources can be used. Also that is necessary. It is not only the resource effectiveness but the effectiveness of the way we deploy our resources, and I have done that. I have also revamped one division which used to have a name that I cannot remember because everything that people forgot when people came back after Midrand they threw it into this division. I can't remember the name. But this one now is the division that deals with technology, innovation, logistics.
And back then, nearly ten years ago, people would have thought: Look, what are you talking about, technology is important, but is it part of our development path? Yes, UNCTAD has always been the focal point, the secretariat, of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, but not much had been done on this kind of application of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) – I have highlighted that. There came, after this rearrangement, this reallocation within UNCTAD, a flow of work in the area of science and technology for development, and one of the very, very good reports that I would still like you to go back and read is one report on how technology could make a difference on food security in Africa – agriculture development and technological development and innovation for Africa. Very key reports written some time something like three years or four years ago, still being used; still I try to make sure that people in Africa give attention to the reports, and we will come back to this report and update it also in the next few years. We have worked so well with the General Assembly and, with the thoughtfulness and constructive recommendation from the UN Secretary-General, we've been able to have a return of the Unit on Economic Cooperation and Integration Among Developing Countries, a South–South work which we came back to at the start of my management term here; we have highlighted so much as South–South, North–South and triangular cooperation, particularly the South–South cooperation. So this has been brought back to UNCTAD after it was taken away in 1996.
Vision No. 5: Our partnership programmes with other institutions and organizations. I have alluded to some of our joint work.
Vision No. 6: Contribution to UN as One, with a UN cluster system, training of resident coordinators. We have inserted trade and development back into the process of the UN development assistance framework (the UNDAF).
Vision No. 7: You can see that, without the vision, how come so many different UNCTAD terminologies are being accepted globally at the moment? Policy space, productive capacity, developmental States, sustainable debt, responsible borrowing and lending, responsible investment, developmental regionalism – all these are terms coined by UNCTAD, not for the sake of coining terms, but because we have policy recommendations and substance behind all this.
Let me go to comment No. 3… one of the serious several risks that we are seen to be under by the report. This is the decreasing commitment and leadership from member States. I would have to ask back to the member States. Are you really intentionally decreasing your commitment and leadership from your side, from the member States? I don't see that. If you see that, you will have to tell me, because according to this report, the survey has been done and you've been telling our colleague the Inspector about this. If you think you want to decrease commitment, if you think you don't need leadership, your leadership with us, then I need to know – why, in what area. I need to have evidences. Because in all the work we've been doing with all of you, whether it's consultations, whether it's sessions, expert group and commission meetings, UNCTAD XII, XIII… you've been demonstrating full support, recognition of our work, and so on and so forth. I cannot imagine, I cannot imagine… maybe something that has eluded my attention, or I haven't paid enough attention in certain areas. We have been asked to work in so many different areas that I cannot imagine. Two or three years ago we were asked by the President of the General Assembly to do the major substantive work in his report on financial crisis and its impact on development. You would recall this report, and just being revived just a few weeks ago at Headquarters in New York. We have been supporting LDCs' conferences, the work on LDCs has been done, you can listen to our LDCs colleagues. UNCTAD has been leading all this.
It must be useful to some of our member States. The work that we have jointly done with WTO, OECD for G-20… if G-20 doesn't see the importance of UNCTAD, I don't think we would be producing this joint report on protectionism with WTO and OECD. There are several more areas of work that we have been asked to do by the members, a long queue of members waiting for us to do work in certain review of policy areas, which is so important. Review of policies in UNCTAD is just like trade policy review at the WTO. The review of investment policies, review of science, technology and innovation policies, review of competition policies – all these policies need to be reviewed. And when you ask me about results-based management, I am just surprised that, if you don't even spare so much time as to look at some of these reviews, aren't these reviews supposed to be indicative of the results – that we are working? If there would have been no results, why would we be doing all these reviews? Why do countries bother with their reviews, if we just go and tell them "
look, I mean, you just set up one investment promotion authority and be done with it
." We review them, and we recommend, and we comment, we criticize. And we bring you all together, together with the civil society and business, businesses.
But one thing which actually has been… I don't know… kind of information that the Inspector has obtained, not his fault, maybe my fault, maybe our fault, but he indicates in the report, the report indicates, that there is lack of support now for UNCTAD because the extrabudgetary contributions for UNCTAD have been declining. I have to go back to you, because you are the one who gives us… because extrabudgetary support is given based upon the demand coming from your side. If there would be no demand for UNCTAD services, you don't have to give us extrabudgetary support. We would be working with the normal biennial support from New York, about 70 million US dollars a year, 140 per biennium… which is very, very small. You would not bother to give us anything extra. But the report indicates that… you know… that the judgement is passed, is arrived at, because you can see the trough of the extrabudgetary contributions in 2010 at a very low level. Now, to be fair to you, to be fair to me, to be fair to my staff, I looked back into a series of extrabudgetary contributions from the day, from the year I entered, 2005, to this year, oh, to last year, 2011, and this year I haven't got the figure for 2012. But, of course, because sometimes there is more demand, sometimes there is less demand, sometimes governments finish some projects, sometimes they want to start some new projects, so there has not been a trend of your rising care for us or your decreasing attention to UNCTAD.
There's no trend. When I came in, it was $35 million in 2005, and then, it must have been my bad performance because, in 2006, it went down to $29 million. $35 million in 2005, to $29 million… And then, I don't know what I did, or what my colleagues have been doing, but in 2007, I have the round figure for you, in 2007 it went up to $40 million again. To 40. I may have not done right or done wrong, I don't know what, but it went to 40. In 2008, it came down to 33.8… 34… back to the level of 2005. If the report would have looked in the way we economists tend to look at figures, you don't look at just one set of figures – you analyse things, you analyse the whole trend, to see whether this is happening. Otherwise you have to tell me, because you are the members who support me, or not want to support us. In 2009, it went down to 29. In 2010, it went up to 31. And last year, lo and behold, when we were told that we just lost your attention and your leadership, it went up to a record level of extrabudgetary funds: 43 million US dollars. Can you imagine? I wouldn't claim it was my work, it must have been our staff's work, all my colleagues' work. I would attribute to them all, the way that they have been working very hard, in several areas that I don't want to mention but this is really a demonstration of their commitment. And I thinkit's because of them understanding our vision, and because there must have been some vision there.
Anyway, let me move to the fourth threat to UNCTAD, the risk that one can see from UNCTAD, that UNCTAD management would be having to cope with. We have become more and more bureaucratic, reducing our own endogenous research work. I have been working in various positions in my life, but I have been trained first and foremost as an academic. I have brought research to nearly all institutions that I have been involved with… in my government work… If you ask our colleagues at the World Trade Organization… I don't always have to refer to my friend Pascal Lamy, but he has been admitting all the time, that the
World Trade Report
, which is one of the flagship reports of WTO at the moment, was created under my watch. I drove research under the WTO also, because I thought trade negotiations would have been much facilitated if the negotiators had also understood what they are negotiating about. And when I was at WTO, I was looking at the
Trade and Development Report of UNCTAD
, and I thought it was such a good report. That was why I started the World Trade Report with WTO. So, there is nothing that I would love to do here more than to enhance and perfect and support the work of research within UNCTAD.
To be saying that I'm creating bureaucracy and trying to wean away from our endogenous work, it's just something which, you would have to tell me that… why should I be doing all this sort of thing? We are doing more work with the network, because this is what I have agreed with the eminent persons: we have to work with outsiders, because sometimes, and, people talk about peer reviews of our work, and the report says that we do not do peer reviews of our reports, only in some areas – in the World Investment Report and the Trade and Development Report – otherwise we don't do peer reviews. You can go and ask my colleagues in all the divisions. They are told to do peer reviews and they are doing the peer reviews, you just have to ask them.
Maybe peer reviews are not announced to you, maybe peer review is done in a way that they do it abroad somewhere else or here, I don't know. But we are very adamant in doing peer reviews and are very adamant in having others comment on our work. I write letters for some key documents to ministers around the world, donors and recipients, to make sure that they got our report, read our report, and have some comments to send back to us. Because I want our reports to be read, research work to be done better. But of course, again, it's maybe my own fault, because I went to some meetings, the last one was a meeting in LDC-IV last year. We had a panel discussion on the LDCs' targets for the next decade. And there was one senior official coming from one of the major countries, member States of UNCTAD, of the UN – senior and very capable, I respect him a lot. He was saying something at the meeting. He just… you know… he showed this report, which is our LDCs report, the very well done LDCs report that we brought with us to LDC-IV. And he said "look, you all should read this report that has been produced by UNDP." There are witnesses who saw this. So you can see that some of our senior colleagues – I don't blame them, they may not know – because when we present our reports around the world, our colleagues from UNDP are presenting these reports, so the UNCTAD LDCs reports are being just presented to those who came to the LDC-IV meeting as this UNDP report.
Wonderful… I was involved with some APEC meetings in the last couple of years, particularly in the area of investment. There was one APEC, this is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting… I was in one APEC meeting that discussed investment reports, and one of the panellists in my panel said: "
We have here a wonderful report, the World Investment Report that is produced by OECD
." This is all so unfair. I'm not just cooking this up. World Investment Report produced by OECD?
During the Accra UNCTAD XII meeting; I was in Accra, there was this local newspaper in Accra that, at the time, because UNCTAD was there – the UN was there – so they were playing the big news. They said "
we are launching today a major trading programme for our entrepreneurs, the Empretec programme of UNCTAD which is a programme that is sponsored by UNDP
." It was launched by our UNDP resident coordinators, but it was reported as a UNDP project. In some countries that have launched into competition rules and regulations, sometimes I ask them, "
look, can we do something more for you?
" And they answer "
oh, are you doing things in competition?
" So, I am saying this because it may be that we're not recognized because we're not doing well in terms of our own communications, so this is something that I may need to do better, but there are a lot of misunderstandings of what we do and what we don't do.
Results-based management. No. 5: I have already touched on so many different areas, and so, let me say that, in terms of results-based management, I have already touched upon various reviews and assessments. Results-based management is not only on administrative terms. It's not how much money are you using and are you using the money according to what we have given you? No! Results-based management would mean that people adopt your recommendations and would use in a wise way that would lead to a sort of developmental commitment by the governments, so that it can lead to the right policies in terms of our macroeconomic policies to balance markets with the role of the State, to have the right agricultural policies and industrial policies, to do better work in the areas of services, because countries would need that. These are the results. Better-working investment. Why do countries have to borrow if you have better investment? And that's why we have to work more on review of investment. These are results-based things that I looked at. But sorry if you think you have to count the number of hits of enrollments, count the number of… I don't know what… I cannot count….And it's always so very difficult for economic policymaking exercises that we do in UNCTAD to always be based on results. But nevertheless, in terms of administration, we certainly would like to do more work so that the members can tell us that there must be some areas that we can improve. We are willing to listen. I know that our Secretary-General is also working on a UN-wide framework of results-based management, and we are actually going by that as a main thrust of our work.
My last point is in the area of the survey of staff at large. Certainly I hope it would not be too much if I would request from the Inspector that if I would have more details of this… what is it… staff-at-large survey. I know the survey cannot be done for the whole 100 per cent of the staff, but, to be able to have this judgement that there is an organizational malaise… If there is an organizational malaise, I don't think that we could go to UNCTAD XIII and come back with the kind of results that, you would agree that, although our staff are not always involved in negotiations, our staff have been spending a lot of time and work in the substantive area. All the panels there were so much commended by those who could have the fortunate chance to attend. The new areas of work in services, innovations, gender, Aid for Trade, the Enhanced Integrated Framework… I can't count them all. If there is a malaise – you know what happened with us when we planned to go to UNCTAD XIII? We had to reduce the number of proposals coming from our staff to establish more and more panels, joint sessions, more sessions… We had to reduce, because there were already too many sessions, more so than in the past. If there would have been a malaise, would they have liked to contribute? Or were they doing it because I forced them to do it? I didn't force them. I was the one who asked for the reduction, because I couldn't attend. I attended something like 48 or 50 or something. But I did attend, because I wanted to attend all of them, but I couldn't possibly divide myself to attend. From the survey, it has led to conclusion in the report that there's this in-depth loss of trust and confidence in the functioning of the secretariat, in our leadership and management. You don't know how much we've been doing the work together to maintain the relevance of this organization.
We went to retreat together, we have our regular joint sessions, coordinating committees, steering committees. I think there must be some dissatisfaction somewhere. There must be, yes. I would admit that; if you work with 100-odd people I can't have all of them to be satisfied. There must be a number of people dissatisfied. When we finish by appointing one person, I'm sure that there must be 3 to 5 or 6 or 10 people who'd be less satisfied, because they think they would be qualified for that post but they cannot be appointed. Now, if they think that the process of selection, which I follow, which I follow meticulously – the UN system – if there are intransparent cases, they can come to me, they can go to Headquarters, they can go to the court, they can take it to the tribunal, anything could be done. But in the past few years, yes, we have dealt with some cases, but there are some cases that come because of the recommendations of the oversight bodies … the oversight authority… and then we were taken to court because I execute according to what I have been recommended to, and there are some areas because I have to decide because this is upon deliberations, joint deliberations with New York, but very few, very few. So, all in all, I'm sorry to be such a nuisance to all of you to go into all these things, but let me end by saying that I'm not saying all this to negate the responsibility of UNCTAD at all. No. I fully realize that, with all the good intentions in the report, we have still mountains to climb, we have still mountains to climb. I would be the first one to admit, we still have mountains to climb. But we have to change the way we do this, and we have to be careful, we have to be careful in the way we pass judgement on each other. Because when I'm criticized, you are also criticized, because you may not have looked carefully at my work. You may need to spend more time with me maybe, and at all levels, not only at the level of experts or interns. You may need to send somebody with the interns so that we would know what the interns are thinking about what I do.
So, let me cite quickly six points that, to be balanced, I still have worries and have to comment.
The first one is still, I must do more work to make the three C's of mine widely accepted under UNCTAD. The three C's are still on-and-off being applied – sometimes not at all applied by some of my staff.
The second one: Townhall meetings: While the Inspector was preparing this JIU report, I had three townhall meetings. I have emphasized the need to do more research, to do "
UNCTAD as one
" – I call it One UNCTAD. Before we have One UN, we must have One UNCTAD. I have talked about ethics. I have talked about the future of UNCTAD. You can check what I said with my staff, whether I have said this. But these are things that I still have to go through. Research, One UNCTAD, ethics. I'm serious about all this, particularly ethics.
The third one: I need to fill posts, and the report raised legitimate concern with the time we use in filling our posts. But we're not the worst one in the UN; we're not the worst one. I want to be better, not that I'm saying this as an excuse, but we're not the worst one; I want to do better, but there are extraneous factors. I don't want to blame extraneous factors. But there are a lot of factors that I have to take into account and, one of these days, I know within the UN system we're working on this, but I still have my concerns here, I still have to do better in filling posts.
Number four: I have always been aspiring to have more people from developing countries to participate in the work here. It's good and well to have all of you participate, but the experts coming… you know… people from the capitals, people from the countries, it's such a crucial thing, because sometimes things here do not get back. You do your work, but maybe it's not like seeing with your own eyes. So I've been trying to get the experts to come from the capitals and to be with us, and you would recall that, since my first day here, I have been asking for your contribution for a trust fund for the experts to be supported in terms of coming to be with us.
I am still not satisfied (number 5) with resource efficiency. While this report was going on, I had already decided to ask one of our senior former colleagues to do another report for me, because I know him well, he knows the situation well, he'd been here with us for a few decades, so I asked him to do a report on resource efficiency, and I'm working on this report. One of these days I'll be trying to tell you what I'm trying to do, because I need to shift resources within UNCTAD, among the different areas of work. There are areas of work in UNCTAD that need better attention and we don't have resources, and there are areas in which we should forget it. But still, there's people trying to just move forward by standing still, so I don't want that to happen.
And the last part is that we need better understanding, more recognition from all of you, from the global community, to understand what we are trying to do. Now, all of this is partly contained within the recommendations. We have circulated our ideas on the recommendations, but we know that some of them we have to take up, some of them the members have to look at, some of them the General Assembly will have to look at, and some of them are our remit, so we would be certainly most willing to be committed again in sharing with our work that you have been always been supportive and sharing with us and we look forward to again sharing in a way that we would move forward together. Thank you very much and for your tolerance
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Registered student organization are eligible to rent through the contract MSU has with Enterprise. Anyone 18 years and older, with a valid drivers license, are able to drive these vehicles. Please NOTE: The list of vehicle prices include 12-passenger vans, HOWEVER, MSU students are not allowed to travel in vehicles larger than 10-passenger.
- Funded Clubs (through the student organization fee):
- RESERVE through OAE.
- Collision Damage Waiver (CDW) and $1 Million Combined Single Limit (CSL) Liability is included in the rates.
- Eligible for campus vehicle delivery.
- Non-Funded Clubs
- Can contact Enterprise (Main St. Location) directly at 586-8010.
- Give contract number: 63MSU01 (will get MSU contract pricing)
- Not eligible for any liability coverage/collision, can purchase from Enterprise if wish.
- Must pick-up and drop-off Enterprise location, not eligible for campus delivery.
Personal Vehicle Use
- Clubs are also able to use personal vehicles, however, will not have any liability coverage. Personal car insurance will be solely responsible.
- All policies and registering club travel still applies.
Gas Cards
Student organizations with funding for travel are eligible to check-out gas cards from OAE with personal OR Enterprise vehicles.
RESERVE through OAE.
Driver Training
If your organization is driving a rented Enterprise vehicle and you are a driver, you are welcome to take the online defensive driving course, however, it is NOT mandatory.
Online Defensive Driving Training Instructions:
*If you have taken either the 15-passenger van training, driver safety for campuses, Defensive Driving DDC-4, the online defensive driving (for 7-10 passenger), or another approved defensive driving course WITHIN the last 3 years, you DO NOT need to take the training again. Please contact Mandy at firstname.lastname@example.com and she will verify if you have completed this training.
Must complete EITHER the online or classroom, do not need to complete both.
PLEASE NOTE: You will need to be on a computer with speakers (or headphone capability). You will need to finish the training all at once, as there is no way to log back in to the system.
- Username: 6450632
- Password: 59718
- On the left side, click on "Workplace Safety"
- Click on "Defensive Driving for Noncommercial Motorists" the 15th course down
- Register yourself for the training.
- First = First Name
- Last = Last Name
- Title=student (or staff position)
- Campus=Bozeman
- Department=Activities & Engagement
- Student/Employee = Your designation
- Hit the Login button.
- Click on the "Start Training" button. It should take about 30 minutes.
- Please download and read the "MUS Board of Regents Vehicle Policy & Procedures" BEFORE taking the course. It will not let you begin the course without doing this.
- Continue to training
- You must obtain an 80% or higher (no more than 2/10 questions incorrect) on the quiz at the end to pass this course. If you do not pass, please review the slides again and retake the quiz until you reach 80%.
- Once you have completed the course and passed the quiz you will receive an email with a link to your training certificate. You can also choose "generate certificate."
Register for a course at: http://www.montana.edu/wwwsrm/training/training.htm
Travel Verification Letters
The Office of Activities & Engagement (OAE) can provide a letter sent to you via email verifying your registered student organization travel that you can then provide to faculty IF YOUR TRAVEL IS CONFLICTING WITH ACADEMIC/COURSE OBLIGATIONS. You MUST have submitted your participant travel forms (found at top of this page) BEFORE requesting this.
These letters will include:
Travel dates as have been provided to OAE on travel forms;
A statement that OAE can verify this as legitimate student organization travel;
The letter will be an electronic document that you can then either print and hand deliver to faculty members or could be emailed too one or more faculty members. Letters WILL NOT ask faculty to excuse students from class or class work, nor will these letters provide any sort of an endorsement of the club activity, they will merely be verifying the information that you, as a traveler have already provided to the faculty member verbally. These letters SHOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TIME ANY FACULTY MEMBER HAS HEARD ABOUT YOUR TRAVEL AND THE CONFLICT WITH THEIR COURSE. You should have spoken with them about the situation prior to providing this letter of verification
Decisions to excuse absences and/or allow for exceptions to be made to assignment due dates are at each, individual faculty members discretion and no letter generated by the OAE guarantees any particular outcome to these negotiations between students and faculty members.
The OAE must have also received the MASTER TRAVEL FORM (submitted by your trip coordinator) before they will issue these letters. Link to this is found at the top of this page.
To request a letter be generated and emailed to you, please SUBMIT THIS FORM NO LATER THAN 5 days before departure. Any letter requests submitted outside the 5 day window will not be accommodated.
International Travel
Student Organizations are required to register their travel with the Office of International Programs NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. CLICK HERE to find the forms and requirements needed (use the Group International Travel section). Please also be aware of the University International Travel Policy.
Club Travel FAQ's
If we rent through Enterprise, where do we pick up the vehicle?
OAE will let you know where after you reserve, most likely the Enterprise location on Main Street.
Can clubs use the gas cards with Enterprise rentals AND personal vehicles?
Clubs who have student organization funding for club travel are eligible to use the gas cards with both.
If renting from Enterprise, do we need to return the vehicle full of gas?
No, unless you wish to. The gas will just be added to your bill if you don't.
How much are the Enterprise vehicles?
Please CLICK HERE to see the pricing under the MSU contract. Please note these prices include the insurance.
The rates have prices for 12-passenger vans, can clubs rent them?
No! MSU students are not allowed to travel in vehicles larger than 10-passenger. SUVs and Vans hold 7 people total and are the largest vehicles in the Enterprise fleet available to MSU students.
How old do students need to be to drive?
18 years and older with a valid driver's license.
Can non-MSU people travel in and/or drive the Enterprise vehicle?
No, unless they are a coach (paid or volunteer). Coaches are considered official MSU volunteers. If they plan to drive or travel with the club, they must visit this page and fill out the form at the bottom: http://www.montana.edu/policy/volunteer/. A copy should be retained in OAE.
Does our faculty or staff advisor need to travel with us?
No. As long as your trip has a student trip leader (or club leader), then you do not.
What is the cancellation policy for Enterprise vehicles?
Cancellation timeframe is 24hrs for cars and 36hrs on all other vehicles. If the road conditions are listed as emergency travel only, then this does not apply HOWEVER you must NOT pick-up the vehicle from Enterprise if this is the case, otherwise you will be charged.
How soon should my club reserve vehicles?
As soon as you know your travel dates and number of travelers, contact us. Enterprise runs out of vehicles quickly due to high demand, especially larger ones.
Do we have to reserve the vehicles through OAE or can we call Enterprise directly?
Please work through the OAE if your club has funding, do not call Enterprise directly. If you do not have funding, you are able to call Enterprise directly and arrange your own vehicle needs. If you wish to receive the MSU pricing and ability for 18+ drivers to drive, use contract number 63MSU01.


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Memphis station WDIA changes to an all-black format. By the following summer, it will become the first radio station in the U.S. staffed entirely by black disc jockeys, and in a few years, it will be the most powerful station in Memphis.
Nashville's Bullet Records releases the first record by Memphis-based Riley "B.B." King, host of a popular show on WDIA.
Sam Phillips opens Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue. He begins recording several local blues artists, including B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and James Cotton.
Phillips records "Rocket 88" with singer Jackie Brenston and Ike Turner's band.
Phillips launches Sun Records.
WDIA disc jockey Rufus Thomas' "Bear Cat," an answer record to Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog," becomes Sun's first national hit.
Sun releases "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" by Elvis Presley, backed by guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black.
Despite Presley's growing popularity, his five Sun singles fail to make a dent on the national charts. Phillips sells his contract to RCA Records for $35,000.
Carl Perkins records "Blue Suede Shoes" and "Honey Don't," which Sun releases together as a single on January 1, 1956.
Roy Orbison's first Sun single, "Ooby Dooby," is released.
Sun releases Johnny Cash's "I Walk the Line."
Jerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire" hits Number One. Near the end of the year, he marries his 13-year-old cousin, Myra Gale Brown.
Inspired by the success of Sun, Quinton Claunch, Bill Cantrell and Ray Harris form HI Records.
While on tour in England, Lewis is attacked by the press, who are outraged by his marriage. The furor carries back to the U.S. where is blacklisted from radio and bookings are cancelled.
HI Records scores its first big hit, "Smokie, Part 2," by the Bill Black Combo.


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Conversations are the key starting point to change. Without discussions and debates on issues it is hard to carve a path forward. This February Canada Without Poverty was involved in two different public forums that are setting the stage for action on poverty. In Ottawa, a panel discussion was held to look at what the federal government needs to do to address poverty, and in Victoria, people gathered to imagine a world without food banks. Both events had similar results: people not only want to see something done but want to be involved in the process.
On February 14 Dignity for All held a panel discussion in Ottawa with Members of Parliament, Senators, an organizational representative, and a person with a lived experience of poverty. The purpose of the event titled, "What's next? How to address poverty in Canada" was to contribute to a national dialogue on poverty issues, moving away from party politics and building on the consensus established by the previous unanimous motions. Panellists included: Liberal Senator Jane Cordy, Conservative Senator Don Meredith, NDP MP Jean Crowder, Green Party Leader and MP Elizabeth May, Bloc Québécois MP Jean- François Fortin, Leilani Farha from the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation, and Harriet McLachlan – Board President of CWP. (To view the full event you can visit the campaign website.)


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StrengthofUs.org, NAMI's online community for young adults, has a new look for the new spring season and they are celebrating the positive changes with a #ThinkPositive social media campaign. StrengthofUs.org is designed to inspire young adults impacted by mental health issues to think positive, stay strong and achieve their goals through peer support and resource sharing.
NAMI has recently redesigned and revamped the site with a fresh look and feel to make it more mobile friendly, interactive and user-friendly. The site also includes new activities, guest blogs and content posted by StrengthofUs.org administrators on topics young adults have shared are most important to them. If young adults create an account and log in, they can also see a bunch of stuff posted by other users like blogs, discussions, media, comments and wire posts. Also, StrengthofUs.org users get exclusive access to opportunities just for them.
After three years of running the site, NAMI has seen time and again that positive messages have a big impact on the lives of young adults. In order to help spread the positive vibes, they launched the #ThinkPositive project, a social media campaign designed to inspire young adults experiencing mental health issues to stay strong and think positive, especially during difficult days. It is NAMI's hope that the #ThinkPositive project reminds young adults across the country that they are loved, there is hope and they are not alone in their struggles. We are in this together!
Why Get InvolvedI decided to get involved with the #ThinkPositive project because I believe that the need for positive thinking is something that unites everyone. Whether you know someone struggling with a mental health condition or face one yourself, it is reassuring to know that sometimes a positive message is just what it takes to turn the day around.
I myself live with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Some days I feel overwhelmingly distracted, frustrated and discouraged. My understanding friends and family always manage to help get me back on track by offering encouraging and positive advice. I am so thankful for all that my community has given me and I feel it is only fair to pay it forward.
I believe the #ThinkPositive project has the power to help eliminate stigma about mental health because it engages a wide range of people who share a common goal. This unity will contribute to the strength of our communities while tearing down the stigmatized boundaries and limitations of mental health conditions.
How to Get Involved
NAMI needs our help spreading the positive vibes and making a difference in the lives of young adults! So here are simple ways to get involved today with the #ThinkPositive project:
- Post a photo of yourself holding a sign describing what makes you #ThinkPositive on our Facebook page or on StrengthofUs.org. Post signs around your college, at your workplace and in your community too. Check out the photos we've gotten so far.
- Join StrengthofUs.org to share the sweetest parts of your day with other young adults. Post inspirational blogs and wire posts with quotes, advice, updates and strategies to motivate your peers to think positive and stay strong.
- Get together your friends, family members and coworkers to create an encouraging slideshow and upload it to YouTube. If you are part of a NAMI on Campus club, get your whole campus community involved in the project. Check out the Think Positive video that StrengthofUs.org created with MakeDC Smile. If you make a video, let us know so we can link to it!
- Follow us on Twitter @StrengthofUs and use the hashtags #ThinkPositive and #StrengthofUs to let us know what helps you think positive and stay strong.
- Follow us on Pinterest to access boards full of inspiring messages, motivating photos and helpful tips for staying happy and healthy.
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Artists who have performed at the café, which is located at the 751 Main St., include Rachael Yamagata, Lenka, The Civil Wars, Arcade Fire, K'Naan, St. Vincent and Johnny Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls,
This year, the café remains true to its notion of presenting independent artists along with a splash of established ones.
One of these artists is Dave Berg, who will perform at the café on Jan. 20, from 3:20 p.m. until 3:50, and on Jan. 21, from 2:40 p.m. until 3:10 p.m.
While many may not recognize the Nashville-based singer and songwriter's name, they may know some of his songs that include "Somebody," which became a No. 1 country hit for Reba McEntire, and "Stupid Boy," a song that Keith Urban took to the Top 10.
Berg, who called The Park Record from his home in Tennessee, said is looking forward to his performances.
"When I heard I was going to play at Sundance, other than elation, I didn't feel much," Berg said with a wry tone. "No, seriously, it's a great feeling to know that I would be around a creative environment and people, and to think that I hauled off and made a little independent record that led to this is pretty cool."
That record would be his new release "Not Quite So Alone," which is now available digitally on iTunes.
The CD is filled with songs that Berg wanted to give some life to.
"It's good to be able to create songs that aren't stuck in a single style or sound," he said. "I'm excited for this to be out."
Berg, who cited Jackson Browne, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan as his influences, got into songwriting in his preteens.
"It was one of those things that I was compelled to do when I was 12," he said. "I don't know if it was because I was lazy and didn't want to learn Led Zeppelin songs because they were too hard, or what. I just started making stuff up."
With the songwriting came performing.
"Any guy would lie if they said they first got into music not to meet girls," Berg said. "I played guitar in bands my whole life, but at some point I became drawn to the idea of just writing songs, because I have always been drawn to the idea of a good song."
To find his way into the business, Berg relocated from his native Portland, Ore., to Nashville.
"It was strange, because I was close to Los Angeles, but when I went down there, it just didn't feel right," he said. "I never saw myself living in Nashville, but when I visited, I found such a sense of community and the love of songwriting.
"There were also a bunch of misfits whose parents told them that a profession in music was a pipe dream," Berg said. "And now, here we all are, forming this great community."
In addition to the hits he has written for country superstars, Berg has also been the recognized professionally for his lyrics.
He won the ASCAP Country Song of the Year award for Reba's "If You're Going Through Hell" and was named Songwriter of the Year award from the Nashville Songwriter's Association.
"It doesn't seem real," he said about the awards. "You just do what you do and somehow all the stars line up and the song ends up on somebody's record or becomes the most downloaded song on iTunes for a couple of weeks. And it's always mind boggling when you hear your song on the radio."
When he plays the Music Café next week, Berg will focus on his own songs.
"A lot of times you get into music after hearing that one record that draws you in," he said. "I've been staff writing for many years and sometimes you have to do things that help you remember why you got into it all in the first place. That's what the ASCAP performances are."
Dave Berg will perform at the Sundance Film Festival's ASCAP Music Café, 751 Main St., on Sunday, Jan. 20, from 3:20 p.m. until 3:50, and on Monday, Jan. 21, from 2:40 p.m. until 3:10 p.m. The concerts are free to Sundance Film Festival credential holders. For more information, visit www.sundance.org/festival


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A commanding stage presence is an essential element of the rock and roll spectacle. Beyond captivating audiences with their music, artists from Abba to ZZ Top have projected their quirks, singular identities and personas via unique stage costumes. Some artists' costume choices are icons to themselves – think Michael Jackson's gilded glove or Elvis Presley's bejeweled jumpsuit. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, is home to many of these iconic costumes and ground-breaking designs. Here are some of our favorites, which you can see when visiting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum!
David Bowie's Suit, 1972 / Design by Freddie Burretti
David Bowie's breakthrough came with The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), a thoroughly modern album that promulgated the notion of rock star as space alien. Bowie melded rock with theater, creating the provocative character and alter ego "Ziggy Stardust." Bowie wore his lightning-bolt emblazoned suit onstage during his tour to support the album.
The Supremes' Dresses, 1969 / Design by Bob Mackie
The Supremes rose from the poverty of Detroit's Brewster housing project to become Motown's most consistent hitmakers and the most popular female group of the Sixties. First seen on the NBC-TV special GIT on Broadway in November 1969, this collection of dresses were also worn on the back cover of the Supremes and Four Tops album The Return of the Magnificent Seven.
John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin's Jacket and Pants, c. 1973
John Paul Jones wore this custom-designed outfit onstage with Led Zeppelin at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1973. Those performances were filmed for the feature film and live album The Song Remains the Same. "The very thing Zeppelin was about was that there were absolutely no limits," explained bassist Jones. "We all had ideas, and we'd use everything we came across, whether it was folk, country music, blues, Indian, Arabic."
Elvis Presley's "King of Spades" Jumpsuit, 1964 / Designed by Bill Belew
Elvis Presley's 1974 homecoming concerts in Memphis were a personal and creative triumph. He had not performed there since 1961. For the last of his five shows, Presley personally wrote out this set list and wore his "King of Spades" jumpsuit. That performance, on March 20, was recorded and released on the album Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis. His performance of "How Great Thou Art" earned Presley the Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance, his third Grammy.
Ray Charles' Suit / Design by High Society
In his own words, Ray Charles fostered "a crossover between gospel music and the rhythm patterns of the blues." But he didn't stop there: over the decades, elements of country & western and big-band jazz infused his music as well. He is as complete and well-rounded a musical talent as this century has produced. This smart suit was exclusively designed for Charles.
Jimi Hendrix Patchwork Jacket and Pink Pants, c. 1970
Jimi Hendrix wore the outfit pcitured above at the Love and Peace Festival on the Isle of Fehmarn, Germany, on September 6, 1970. That show was Hendrix's final concert appearance.
John Lennon's Sgt. Pepper Outfit, 1967 / Design by M. Berman Ltd.
All four of the Beatles wore similar uniforms on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, thus helping to create among the most iconic album covers in rock and roll history. The costumes were created by M. Berman Ltd., a London theatrical costume house.
Stevie Nicks' Jacket and Pin, 1980
In 1979, Fleetwood Mac released Tusk, an ambitious double album. It featured the University of Southern California Marching Band on the title track, and Stevie Nicks wore a jacket aping that of a marching band conductor's, complete with a trumpet pin, on the subsequent tour.
Mick Jagger's Stage Outfit, 1981 / Pants by Russell Athletic + Shoes by Rivers
The outdoor staging used on the Rolling Stones' 1981-82 tours allowed Mick Jagger to exhibit his tremendous athleticism. To train for the tour, Jagger ran 10 miles a day. The ramps that surrounded the stage covered hundreds of yards and Jagger ran them from end-to-end throughout the show. This outfit incorporates pants from a football uniform. The cape, which was usually worn for the encore, is made from actual flags. The outfit is featured in Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction, on exhibit through March 2014.
Little Richard's Jumpsuit, c. 1970
With his outrageous look, his wild singing style and his no-holds-barred piano playing, Little Richard embodied rock and roll's gleeful sexuality and spirit of rebellion. His sequined jumpsuit on exhibit in the Museum's Cities and Sounds exhibit is indicative of Richard's flamboyant personality.


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Poems for Holocaust Memorial Day
Birmingham is lucky to have both a Poet Laureate and a Young Poet Laureate for the city. Several of our poets laureate have written specially commissioned pieces to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.
Poetry from the Young Poets Laureate
My Pains by Jordan Westcarr, Young Poet Laureate 2010-2011
imprisoned (to the six million) by India Miller, Young Poet Laureate 2009-2010
Steven, We're Listening by Megan Bradbury, Young Poet Laureate 2008-2009
The Gravestone by Matt Windle, Young Poet Laureate 2007-2008
No. 193945 "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" by Jennifer Brough, Young Poet Laureate 2006-2007
My Brother by Helen Monks, Young Poet Laureate 2005-2006
Poetry from the adult Birmingham Poets Laureate
Untold Stories by Roy McFarlane, Birmingham Poet Laureate 2010-2011
Under The Same Sky by Charlie Jordan, Birmingham Poet Laureate 2007-2008
Menorah - a poem sequence by Don Barnard, Birmingham Poet Laureate 2004-2005
Holocaust Day 2002 by Roi Kwabena, Birmingham Poet Laureate 2001-2002
Holocaust Memorial Day
Many of these poems have been read at the annual Holocaust Memorial Day event.
More on Holocaust Memorial Day.
Holocaust Memorial Day - A booklist for young people
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Reminds me of Radiohead's Karma Police video.
Well, I open my eyes and I see things. I've seen spirits moving through the walls. I've seen a vortex coming through the wall. I've seen amorphous little balls of light bouncing all around in the front yard through the window. I've seen giant bugs on the floor. I was in a hotel room in Amarillo, Texas, and all I remember is standing on the bed and seeing the whole wall in front of me filled with lights that were [makes popping sound] popping like popcorn out of the wall. Then I'll wake up and I go "Wow, I was standing on my bed and staring at this wall."
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