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I went out on a limb last week, and now it's time to see how that decision played out.
- I predicted that Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS ) would close higher on the week. The maker of 3-D printers was a hot stock last year before cooling off in 2013, but I figured its quarterly report on Monday could get the bullish sentiment rolling again. It was a well-received report, and Stratasys went on to inch higher in four of the five trading days. The stock rose nearly 6% on the week. I was right.
- I predicted that the tech-heavy Nasdaq would outperform the Dow Jones Industrial Average. (DJINDICES: ^DJI ) . This has been a tricky call lately, so how did it play out this time? Well, the market had a strong run this week, fueled by encouraging corporate developments. Secondary stocks led the way with Nasdaq soaring 1.8% on the week. The Dow managed to close just 1.6% higher. I was right.
- My final call was for Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT ) to beat Wall Street's income estimates in its latest quarter. The provider of gear, services, and software to assist in the making of advanced semiconductors, flat-panel displays, and solar photovoltaic products companies has been posting blowout quarterly results over the past year, and I was banking on seeing the trend continue. Analysts were looking for a profit of $0.13 a share during the quarter, and Applied Materials came through with earnings of $0.16 a share. I was right.
Three out of three? Awesome! That makes me 11 of 12 over the past four weeks.
Let me once again whip out my trusty, dusty, and occasionally accurate crystal ball to make three calls that may play out over the next few trading days.
1. Best Buy will close lower on the week
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY ) reports quarterly results on Tuesday afternoon. The stock's been on a tear, up 127% this year alone. There have been some surprising names rallying in 2013, but this is one of the rare ones whose business is actually getting worse. Analysts see a decline in revenue and an outright freefall in profitability when the consumer-electronics superstore chain reports.
There's no more buyout buzz. Its founder agreed to a truce earlier this year. He had also wanted to buy Best Buy last summer for less than where it's trading at now, even though the company is in worse shape.
This kind of run ahead of a questionable report is a ripe recipe for a letdown. My call here is for shares of Best Buy to move lower on the week.
2.The Nasdaq Composite will beat the Dow this week
Tech has been a big winner in recent years, so betting on tech over stodgy blue chips has been a good bet for me more often than not.
I'm going to stick with this pick. Most of the names in the composite are just too cheap at this point, and tech should be what carries us through the economic recovery. The market is ripe for the tech-stacked secondary stocks to continue to outpace the 30 megacaps that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
3. PetSmart will beat Wall Street's earnings estimates
Some stocks are just flat out better than others.
PetSmart (UNKNOWN: PETM.DL ) is a leading retailer of pets and pet supplies. It also provides some basic veterinary and boarding services. Another thing it does is make analysts look like perpetual underachievers. If analysts say the company posted a profit of $0.96 a share in its latest quarter, I'll whip out a "greater than" sign. History's on my side!
One of my best tricks to beating the market is finding stocks that perpetually land ahead of the prognosticators. Let's go over the past year of earnings reports.
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Things can change, of course. We already saw the country's largest retailer post a surprising dip in same-store sales for its latest quarter last week. What if folks are holding back on their pets? A tight economy may also mean skimping on pet care and treats, if not scaling back on actual pet purchases.
However, it's hard to argue against the trend. Everything seems to be falling into place for another market-thumping quarter on the bottom line.
Three for the road
Well, there are three predictions right there. Let's see how I fare this week.
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Alessandra Vellucci, Chief of the Press and Public Relations Section of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Health Organization and the World Economic Forum.
Rolando Gomez of the Human Rights Council said a press conference with the Syrian Commission of Inquiry, headed by Paolo Pinheiro, would be in Geneva on Wednesday, 27 August, to launch their latest report, which covered the period between mid-January and mid-July. The Commission would also address the latest human rights developments in Syria. This was their eighth report since they began their work. Today marked the third anniversary of the establishment of the Commission of Inquiry. The report itself would be shared with journalists under strict embargo on the morning of the press conference, which would take place at 11 a.m. on 27 August in Room III.
Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said the OHCHR was releasing an updated analysis on casualties in Syria. The analysis set out the compilation of a list of 191,369 cases of individuals who had been reported killed in Syria between March 2011 and the end of April 2014. This was the third in a series of statistical analysis reports that the Office had prepared on casualties in Syria. This compilation was constantly being refined, so journalists should not try and compare this one to previous ones. Indeed, new information emerged about the past all the time, so the figures were not quite the same as previous ones, but included additional reports of killings from the earlier periods. Therefore, in addition to around 62,000 new killings in the year covered by this new analysis, the total had now more than doubled the number documented a year ago, as announced in June 2013. As the report explained, this was probably and unfortunately an underestimate of the real total number of people killed in the first three years of this murderous conflict.
High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, in a statement being issued today, said she deeply regretted that, given the onset of so many other armed conflicts in this period of global destabilization, the fighting in Syria and its dreadful impact on millions of civilians had dropped off the international radar.
The latest study was conducted using a combined list of 318,910 reported killings, fully identified by the first and last name of the victim, as well as the date and location of the death. Any reported killing that did not include at least these three elements was excluded from the list, which was being compiled using datasets from five different sources. Records of reported killings were compared in order to identify duplicates, which was the same system that had been used before. After the duplicates they could identify were removed, which amounted to around 127,000 from a total of 318,000, they were left with the 191,000 figure. The statisticians who produced it stressed that this should not be seen as the complete number of conflict-related killings in Syria; this total was likely to underestimate the actual number of killings. For example, 51,900 killings were not included because there was insufficient information about them, but that did not necessarily mean that they did not occur. There was also a strong likelihood that a significant number of killings may not have been reported at all by any of the five sources OHCHR was drawing on. There were more details in the press release.
The High Commissioner had said: "It is scandalous that the predicament of the injured, displaced, the detained, and the relatives of all those who have been killed or are missing is no longer attracting much attention, despite the enormity of their suffering. It is a real indictment of the age we live in that not only has this been allowed to continue so long, with no end in sight, but it is also now impacting horrendously on hundreds of thousands of other people across the border in northern Iraq, and the violence has also spilled over into Lebanon. The killers, destroyers and torturers in Syria have been empowered and emboldened by the international paralysis. There are serious allegations that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed time and time again with total impunity, yet the Security Council has failed to refer the case of Syria to the International Criminal Court, where it clearly belongs. It is essential Governments take serious measures to halt the fighting and deter the crimes, and above all stop fuelling this monumental, and wholly avoidable, human catastrophe through the provision of arms and other military supplies."
Ms. Vellucci said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had put out a statement last night on the one year anniversary of the chemical weapons attack in Damascus. He said that one year ago today, the horrific chemical weapons attack in Ghouta shocked the conscience of the world. The Secretary-General once again conveyed his deepest condolences to the families who lost loved ones and called on the international community to remember those who perished in this inhuman act. Since the attack, the Syrian conflict not only continued unabated, but it had spilled over into neighbouring countries, sparking a humanitarian catastrophe and fuelling further human rights violations and crimes against humanity. The on-going conflict was also contributing to conditions conducive to the proliferation of terrorism. It remained a major threat to international peace and security. The Secretary-General stressed that the international community had a moral obligation to unite immediately and help put an end to this expanding conflict that was de-stabilizing an entire region. The United Nations, the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, would continue to do their utmost in pursuit of this goal.
Asked what the High Commissioner believed was causing this international paralysis, Mr. Colville said the High Commissioner pointed first and foremost to the Security Council, and this was very much in tune of what she said yesterday directly to the Security Council about what she perceived as their failure to act to stop this crisis. She was not talking only about Syria but about several of the other major disasters that had been taking place around the world. He could not answer on her view of this, but the paralysis was also partly to do with the complexity of Syria and its geo-political situation in the Middle East, but also clearly its relationships with other States.
Asked about Ms Pillay's opposition to the giving of weapons, which she said would further fuel the war, Mr Colville said that in the view of OHCHR, there were far too many weapons in Syria already. ISIS was heavily armed, and putting more weapons into this environment simply risked making the situation even worse than it was already. The High Commissioner's comments today reflected on what had happened already in the three years of war in Syria where weapons had been clearly going in either to groups like ISIS or to the Syrian Government. OHCHR believed that fuelling this conflict and providing weapons to governments or armed groups - if they looked back historically at Afghanistan and how Stinger missiles supplied to the mujehaddin in the 1980s were then used for other purposes – everyone should think very, very carefully before they supplied weapons, and about who they were supplying them to.
A journalist asked whether it would help to point out who were the people that supposedly committed war crimes and crimes against humanity and perhaps be more specific on the accusations, as the High Commissioner was sitting on the list with the names of people who were perhaps responsible. Mr. Colville said that the High Commissioner was not planning to release the names of those people in her last days. Indeed, the Commission of Inquiry's list of names (which was periodically updated and given to the High Commissioner for safekeeping) and the evidence that was being gathered on an individual basis by the Commission of Inquiry or by OHCHR, was to help future court cases. If they started naming individuals, they risked prejudicing the case.
Asked by a journalist how much worse could it get, if they had nearly 200,000 deaths already, and if evidence might arrive too late in the court, Mr. Colville said it was not possible to say that the conflict was going on because the names had not been released. There were many other factors why the conflict was continuing. OHCHR's point was that what might have a deterrent effect would be to have the case of Syria referred to the International Criminal Court where it belonged. Then the people committing these crimes would have a very visible trajectory to justice on the horizon for them, and that might make them think twice. Right now, they did not have to think twice, they could see atrocities being committed all around them by their colleagues in the armed forces, on You Tube and everywhere else, and there was absolutely no deterrent at all. He did not think the High Commissioner releasing the names and possibly jeopardizing future court cases was really going to make much of a difference to that scenario. What would make a difference would be if the Security Council, as the High Commissioner had called on it to do numerous times, refer Syria to the International Criminal Court. The Court existed for exactly this kind of scenario.
Asked about the reasons of releasing the figures now, Mr. Colville said they had been asked a lot about why they had stopped a year ago. The statisticians working on this report were dependent on information data provided by a variety of groups as well as by the Syrian Government. There had been some issues with some of those groups, because it was essential that the integrity of the information was as good as one could get it in the circumstances. But the circumstances were particularly difficult if officials were not even able to enter the country. That had been an issue since the beginning: could they be sufficiently confident that the numbers that they gave on the basis of their analysis were sound, or largely sound? Last February, OHCHR had held a workshop with the four groups providing figures (but not the Government), and experts and statisticians had been able to share advice with the groups on how to improve their methodology. On the basis of that, OHCHR did feel sufficiently confident that they could re-start issuing reports. It was incredibly important that the world had an idea on the scale of killings in Syria. The numbers should not be taken as the absolute truth, they almost certainly were not, but the numbers were indicative, based on very, very precise data on individual killings. The most important thing to remember about any number was that these are not numbers, but people. People are dying every day. The rate of killings in Syria are still extraordinarily high; over the last year, around five or six thousand people died every month, which was similar to the year before. However, the story had pretty much dropped off the radar, despite the huge numbers of killings. It was not getting attention anymore, and that was something OHCHR hoped to rectify with the report today.
A journalist said that they did not see in the report if the analysts found any information on who killed those 200,000, how many were killed by the Government and how many were killed by other armed groups. Why did the report ignore this point? Mr. Colville said this was not really the purpose of this analysis and it was not feasible to start doing that on an individual basis, because it would need repeated verification. This was quite simply to report killings and to produce a solid information basis. When the conflict was over, they needed to know who died and how many, in order to start rebuilding and helping people get through this. They knew the Government, the military, the police, the secret service, opposition groups such as ISIS, Nusra etc. were responsible. They were all in the Commission of Inquiry's reports, and that was really where one could find more information about who was doing what and where, but to identify who did it in every individual case was simply not feasible at this point.
A journalist asked if the data given by the Government specified who among the victims were soldiers from the armed or security forces, and who were civilians. Mr. Colville said that the Government was one of the five data sources and each source did make some attempts in various ways to identify who were the victims. In the case of the Government, its figures made up a very small proportion of the total killings, i.e. 2,426; the Government gave OHCHR this number once, but since 2012 and despite requests from OHCHR to update the list, it had not responded. Those 2,426 were almost exclusively military or police. So in the case of the Government figures, it was clear who was what, but in the case of the data from the other groups, it was very hard to identify who the people killed were. They knew if the persons killed were women or children, but who were combatants and who were not, and how were combatants defined, they could not identify.
In response to another question on who was to blame for the killings, Mr. Colville said that on the basis of this data, they were really not in a position to make that kind of judgment. If they looked back at all the statements made by OHCHR on Syria in the past, clearly Government forces were responsible for many, many deaths in Syria. In the first year, it was very much responsible for the large majority of the killings, as it was mainly protests by unarmed people who had been shot, arrested and tortured. The situation had changed radically since that first year, an armed opposition became apparent; the latter started to change and split, and then started itself to commit very serious crimes, until the current situation was reached, which was almost as bad as they could possibly imagine on all fronts.
A journalist asked for more details about the 52,000 reported killings which were not taken into account in the official figures. Mr. Colville said they had chosen not to use those reports because a key element in this process had been to sort out the duplicates. If journalists looked at the drafts and the tables, they could see that there was a lot of duplication, there were some deaths reported by four or five sources, others by three or two sources, others only by one source, and that was all very carefully laid out. OHCHR's experts had a wealth of experience and had dealt with other conflicts so they knew how to deal with this kind of information. However, in the case of Syria, it was very difficult to verify and cut out duplicates, which was where they risked exaggeration. In the case of the killings mentioned above, there was not enough basic data, some of them were probably duplicated and others probably not, but in what percentage, they did not know. They had chosen not to extrapolate or estimate how many could be genuine. That was not to say there would not be any mistakes, there would be mistakes among the 191,000; there would be killings that were not due to conflict in there and indeed, OHCHR had worked hard to sort that out. Some 1,000 cases had been identified as not due to the conflict, and there were bound to be some others. But the most important thing was that the data released were as accurate as possible.
Answering another question, Mr. Colville said they now hoped to continue updating death tolls on a more regular basis, hopefully a quarterly basis. OHCHR had funding to cover this activity until the end of this year, then they would be looking for funding to continue. This was a constant process and they would be constantly monitoring and re-evaluating.
Asked about the high proportion of men among the deaths, Mr. Colville said that indeed, 85 per cent of casualties were male and 9.3 per cent female; however, it would be risky to generalize the reason for this. Clearly the lists included combatants, although they were not able to differentiate between combatants and civilians, and this would partly explain the male percentage. There could also be many other reasons. For example, when there was destruction and large scale displacement, very often men stayed behind to guard property, and that could be another reason why the majority of the deaths were male. Also, men and boys could be targeted more because they were seen as a threat. They just had to look historically at Srebrenica, and the massacre by the Taliban in Mazar al Sharif in 1998, where males were exclusively targeted. However, he pointed out that a lot of women had also been killed in Syria: it was a small percentage, but a high number of persons, nearly 18,000 women.
Adrian Edwards of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said UNHCR had launched a major aid operation earlier this week in Iraq, UNHCR's largest in at least a decade. Updating journalists on challenges they were seeing, including on pressure on accommodation and the need for trauma counselling for many people, Mr. Edwards said the operation was now in full swing following Wednesday's first aid flight; the second Boeing 747 delivered more tents to Erbil last night, and flights would be continuing today and tomorrow. Yesterday, they loaded another 16 containers of aid from their warehouses in Dubai onto a ship which was headed to Iran tomorrow. From there, it would be loaded onto trucks for the journey to Erbil. This was part of their operation to ship in 2,410 tons of aid by air, land and sea over about 10 days for approximately half a million people inside Iraq. In northeast Syria, where there had been populations of Yezidi refugees since early August, the airlift of supplies from Damascus to Al Qamichli was going smoothly; the fourth of six flights had arrived yesterday with more tents, mattresses, wheel chairs, household items and rechargeable fans. The aid was being used to improve conditions in the camp, and movement in and out of the camp had stabilized in recent days. There were another approximately 3,000 Yezidis staying in nearby towns and villages. Meanwhile, inside Iraq itself, shelter remained the top priority for displaced people, too many of whom were still living in woeful conditions.
The Kurdistan region of Iraq was now hosting close to 700,000 displaced Iraqis, most having arrived in early June. Accurate figures were not expected until early September when registration was completed, but UNHCR estimated that hundreds of thousands of people were still living in unfinished buildings, mosques, churches, parks and schools. Officials estimated that half the schools in the Kurdistan region were now sheltering either displaced people or the military, raising concerns about how the new school year would get underway in September. Camps were of course a last resort, but nonetheless displaced Iraqis were moving to them as quickly as tents could be pitched, very much reflecting the enormity of the crisis and the really desperate need there was for shelter. Currently there were two tented camps in Dohuk and Erbil, which were open and were housing more than 21,000 people. Twelve more camps would be opening soon, after which there would be a total camp capacity of more than 85,000 places. There were also some privately run camps. Apart from the struggle with tenting and meeting basic food, water and shelter needs, the pressing issue of the displaced people who fled their homes with next to nothing was the lack of civil documents. Such documents were critical for being registered and getting cash assistance. Most displaced people had been unable to replace key civil documents without returning to their places of origin, for example Mosul. UNHCR was providing legal assistance to people to help them replace these so that they could register for aid and move more freely. There was also urgent need to strengthen psycho-sociological services for displaced people, many of whom were deeply traumatized with what had happened over the past weeks, the death of loved ones, the separation of families, physical violence, and horrific reports on others who had been left behind and had been killed or captured. UNCHR protection teams continued to speak of women, particularly from minority groups, being abducted by armed groups in Mosul and Sinjar and held in various locations. Some had been reportedly forced to convert to Islam, others had been trafficked by armed groups inside and outside of Iraq. UNHCR appreciated the support it was getting from donors. Saudi Arabia had provided $ 88 million as part of the $ 500 million to United Nations operations overall.
A journalist said the notes talked about 700,000 displaced Iraqis in Kurdistan, while a few days before they had been talking about 600,000, were these new arrivals or had they already been there but had not yet been registered? Mr. Edwards said that UNHCR was trying to help about 500,000 people with these aid shipments that were coming in. On the numbers of displaced persons, overall they were looking at the figure of 1.2 million for the displacement throughout the country. There had been some increase in numbers. They had not finished registration for the moment and they would get a better fix on those numbers once that process was finished.
A journalist asked about possible new influxes of people: would UNHCR need more aid and was it considering that possibility? Mr. Edwards said that UNHCR's aid was emergency aid addressing the most critical elements of the current crisis. The needs were going to continue for a long time to come. With the security situation in Iraq at the moment, the possibility of a diminishment of the crisis was not likely, so they had to work on the basis that this was a long-term crisis. This meant that they would start looking at the needs of these people over the coming winter, which was a concern as a response had to be planned. UNHCR maintained stockpiles of aid in the region. UNHCR had sent in this week what they called non-food items. However, medical help, cash assistance, trauma counselling and a whole range of other services had to follow. UNHCR and its partners were working on those. UNHCR was asking its donors for continuing help. Winterization was normally something that had already been begun at this time of the year. Winter in Kurdistan could arrive in force as early as December so clearly there was going to be a need (unless there was a radical change in the situation) for support for winter. They were working on that, but clearly they would need help.
In response to another question, Mr. Edwards said a lot of aid supplies were moving in and around Syria. UNHCR negotiated aid movements inside Syria with the various security actors on the ground. The aid supplies that were coming from the UNHCR warehouse in Damascus was going up to Al-Qamichli, and then to surrounding areas. UNHCR had worked throughout the crisis with the Syrian Red Crescent and other partners inside Syria, and they really did need the support of all actors to make sure that the aid really need get to there.
Irregular Maritime Movements in South East Asia
Mr. Adrian Edwards of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said that UNHCR had issued a new report this week on irregular maritime movements in South East Asia that estimated that 20,000 people risked their lives in sea crossings in the first half of this year. Many were Rohingya who fled Myanmar and arrived in the region suffering the effects of malnutrition and abuse during the journey. Several hundred people were also intercepted on boats heading to Australia.
The report has been produced by a newly-established Maritime Movements Monitoring Unit at UNHCR's Regional Office in Bangkok which collated information through direct interviews, and from media reports, partners and governments. It focused on departures from the Bay of Bengal and elsewhere passing through South-East Asia, and highlighted the abuses people were facing on their journeys, and developments related to Australia's Operation Sovereign Borders policy. It also showed that more than 7,000 asylum seekers and refugees who had travelled by sea were at present held in detention facilities in the region, including over 5,000 in Australia or its offshore processing centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Because of its clandestine nature, the full extent of people smuggling remained hard to determine. But in-depth interviews with survivors had offered insights into what goes on during the long and arduous journey from Myanmar and Bangladesh to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and beyond. These developments took place in the context of a very challenging protection environment for refugees in the region. States including Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia were not signatory to the refugee convention and lacked formal legal frameworks for dealing with refugees. Without a legal status people trying to undertake these journeys were often at risk of arrest, detention, and deportation under immigration laws. It also made legal employment impossible and drove many people, including women and children, into exploitative and vulnerable situations.
Overall, the report estimated that 53,000 people departed irregularly by sea from the Bay of Bengal in the 12 months ending June 2014 – a 61 per cent increase over the previous 12 months. In the two years following the June 2012 outbreak of inter-communal violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, some 87,000 people – mostly Rohingya but also Bangladeshis among them – embarked on the dangerous journey in search of safety and stability. The main sailing season continued to be between October and the first quarter of the year when seas were calmer. Departures were mostly from Teknaf in Bangladesh and Maungdaw in Myanmar, with smaller numbers from Sittwe. Typically, passengers were ferried on small boats to larger fishing or cargo boats that could each hold up to 700 people. Most were men, but there were also rising numbers of women and children who were usually kept in separate quarters.
Most passengers UNHCR staff interviewed said they had paid between US$50 and US$300 each to board the boats and had been at sea for an average of one to two weeks. Some had waited for up to two months for their boat to take on more passengers. Many said they had felt sick along the way. There were also unconfirmed reports of deaths due to illness, heat, a lack of food and water and severe beatings when people tried to move. Some passengers reportedly jumped off boats in desperation. Others went missing when, in one example, they were forced to swim ashore after nearing the coast off Thailand.
Speaking on the situation in individual countries, Mr. Edwards said there was the difficulty and danger of the sea journey itself, and then there were the problems on arrival. People arriving in Thailand said they were packed into trucks and taken to camps in or around hills, jungles or plantations. Hundreds were confined, for up to six months, behind wooden fences with only plastic sheets to sleep on. There were then attempts to extract more money from these people, usually between $ 1,500 to $ 2,200 to be released. They were made to call relatives in Myanmar, Bangladesh or Malaysia to send money. Survivors of this ordeal told UNHCR staff about people dying in these smugglers' camps due to illness or physical injuries. Some lost sensory abilities and mobility from beriberi due to malnutrition, specifically Vitamin B1 deficiency. Three people were effectively paralyzed and abandoned by the smugglers when their camps were raided by the Thai authorities. Those particular camps no longer existed. UNHCR was trying to support people who had spent time in these smugglers' camps. There were reports of two Rohingya having died in hospital within a week of approaching UNHCR. In Indonesia, 60 Rohingya approached UNHCR between January and June 2014, a considerable drop compared to the same period last year. In Australia, in the first half of the year, nine boats travelling towards Australia with more than 400 people on board were intercepted by the Australian authorities under the Government's Operation Sovereign Borders. Seven boats were returned to Indonesia. One boat with 41 passengers was returned to Sri Lanka. There was a lot more information available in the briefing notes and the report itself.
Answering a question, Mr. Edwards said they did not have reliable numbers of how many people had died during these crossings or in the camps in Asia. This report was the first attempt to show the flows throughout the region: 20,000 people in the first six months of this year, large numbers of people being held in detention and their considerable difficulties.
Answering another question, Mr Edwards said he did not have any updated information on the conditions of camps set up in Papua New Guinea for people pushed away from Australia, on which UNHCR had previously voiced concerns. They did remain a concern to UNHCR.
Fadela Chaib of the World Health Organization (WHO) said journalists knew that a high-level delegation was in Liberia, led by WHO's Dr. Keiji Fukuda and David Nabarro. They had met several national officials and different partners working there to contain the Ebola outbreak. They had visited health centres and a hospital in Monrovia. They would hold a press conference today at 5:30 Monrovia time, to brief journalists about the conclusions of their mission (by telephone). They would be joined by the Assistant Minister of Health of Liberia. A note to correspondents had been sent to journalists yesterday.
Ms. Chaib said WHO would hold a consultation on potential Ebola therapies and vaccines in Geneva on 4 and 5 September. The consultation had been convened to gather expertise about the most promising experimental therapies and vaccines and their role in containing the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Some 100 experts would be present, including more than 20 experts from West Africa. The issues of safety and efficacy would be discussed, together with innovative models for expediting clinical trials. For the time being, WHO planned to hold a virtual press briefing. The date, time and list of speakers had yet to be decided but she would share them with journalists as soon as possible. She would also share any documentation that became available in relation to this issue.
In response to a question on who could be offered experimental treatment, Ms. Chaib said that there were three types of experimental treatment, relating to the blood, antiviral and vaccine. Experts had to talk about the existing experimental treatments, at which stage of experimentation they were in, and how could they be produced. After, there would be a discussion, with the countries that requested it, on what were the best treatments that WHO and its group of experts could recommend to affected countries. Then, it would be up to the affected countries to decide.
A journalist asked for a comment on the news that an American aid worker had recovered from Ebola. Ms. Chaib said that clinicians working in Liberia had also informed WHO that two doctors and one nurse in Liberia had now received the experimental Ebola therapy and two of them had shown a marked improvement. The condition of the second doctor remained serious but had improved a bit. The problem with this treatment was that it had been exhausted, there was no more treatment available from the producer in the United States. This meeting on 4 and 5 September would discuss the range of experimental treatment that existed, the level of testing and also their efficacy and if it was possible to expedite the production of the promising treatments.
Asked if the experts would actually be in Geneva or whether there would be a telephone conference, Ms. Chaib said she had received conflicting information about where it would be held so she had to check on this. A media advisory would be sent with more details, including about whether there would be a teleconference or whether the experts would be physically in Geneva.
Asked about supplies and logistics, Ms. Chaib said she had not heard about any difficulties on sending medical equipment to the affected countries. For the time being, it seemed that they had what they needed. WHO was continuously assessing their needs. It had a full team of logisticians there, in Geneva and in Brazzaville, who were following what was needed. It was very important that these countries would not have any shortage of medical equipment because people in contact with the sick or with the dead bodies had to be properly covered by the right clothing so as not to get infected.
Ms. Chaib said WHO was working on an Ebola roadmap document, an operational plan by country about how to fight Ebola. An advance copy of the document was being circulated and responses to it would then be compiled to have a final document which would be posted on the WHO website, probably next week. Each of the countries was affected by Ebola, but each had its own structures, its own strengths and weaknesses and needs. That is why the plan would be detailed by country. The document would also talk about financial needs for the six to nine upcoming months. In response to a question, Ms. Chaib said no one knew how long this outbreak of Ebola might last. An Ebola epidemic would be declared over in a country when two incubation periods – 42 days each – had passed without any new confirmed case in that country. So according to that definition, the epidemic in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia was not yet over.
Asked about reports of 70 dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ms. Chaib said that the WHO had asked the DRC authorities about these reports. According to the DRC website, in the Equator region, there was an epidemic of haemorrhagic gastroenteritis. Representatives of the Ministry of Health and other officials had been in the region to investigate these cases since 20 August.
Ms. Chaib said WHO had 147 field offices around the world, including in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. When such alerts came up, WHO had a team on the ground and it held investigations. This disease was of concern to WHO, like other outbreaks. This epidemic started in Boend district and then spread in Equator province. It was a kind of stomach flu, characterized by irritation and inflammation of the stomach and intestines, causing diarrhoea and vomiting. It was caused by a virus. This contagious disease was transmitted through contaminated water or food or contact with contaminated surfaces and objects. Samples had been taken from this region for more analysis.
Geneva Activities
Ms. Vellucci said the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination was this morning concluding its review of the report of Estonia, its last report for this session. The Committee would be meeting in private next week and would conclude its work on Friday, 29 August after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports (including El Salvador, United States, Peru, Cameroon, Iraq and Japan) which were considered during the session.
The Conference on Disarmament would hold its next public plenary on Tuesday, 26 August at 10 a.m. The rest of the third and last part of the 2014 session of the Conference, which would conclude on 12 September, would be devoted to preparing its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly.
World Economic Forum
Michele Mischler, Associate Director for Public Affairs and the Media of the World Economic Forum, said most journalists had probably received invitations to the World Economic Forum's NETmundial Initiative on 28 August at 2 p.m. at the Forum's Headquarters in Cologny. The NETmundial Initiative was a major international project led by the World Economic Forum, aimed to design and deliver a global governance architecture for the Internet. Interested journalists should register to attend as soon as possible.
The week after, on 3 September, Ms. Mischler said the World Economic Forum's Global Competitive Report would be coming out. It included analysis of 144 countries' economies, covering more than 98 per cent of the world's economic activity. The embargoed press conference would take place on 2 September at the Forum's headquarters in Cologny. Invitations would be sent out in the near future.
A journalist said in previous years, the time of embargo given to different launches around the world for the Global Competitive Report was different from the time in Geneva. Ms. Mischler said they would do their best to make sure that this did not happen again.
Human Rights Council Organizational Meeting
Rolando Gomez of the Human Rights Council said that an organizational meeting on the upcoming session of the Council (8 to 26 September), would be held on Monday, 25 August at 3 p.m. in Room XX. The meeting was public and was an opportunity for the President to spell out the programme for the three-week session. He would also do the same with journalists in one-on-one briefings later on. The organizational meeting was also an opportunity for States to spell out some of the initiatives, projects, resolutions or side events that they proposed to hold during the session.
Press Conference on People with Albinism
Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that on Monday, 25 August at 2:30 p.m. in Press Room 1, Alicia Londono, a human rights office and staff member who was most knowledgeable on this issue, would give a press conference on people with albinism. The High Commissioner for Human Rights has been trying to cast a spotlight on this issue, which has been in the shadows up until now. She would discuss the issue in general, as well as a report on her recent visit to Tanzania.
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"Latin America's pharma market in general has shown a growth trend similar to Asian markets in terms of sales, around 12% to 16%," says Carlos Kiffer, operations director for GC2, a pharmaceutical R&D company based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Demand for pharmaceuticals and other products is increasing across the region, despite the global credit crisis, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), a United Nations organization with headquarters in Santiago, Chile. As a result, Latin American countries are expected to grow in total approximately 4.7% this year, projects ECLAC. In 2010, the region grew 5.9%.This economic performance is attracting global attention. Trade and manufacturing practice are also playing a role in the region's success. For example, the seven largest Latin American countries—Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru—have all become signatories to international trade treaties such as the Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) treaty. Brazil and Mexico have been applying GMPs in their pharmaceutical industries for years. These practices are positive factors for investors, according to Carlos Kiffer, who also works as a researcher for the Federal University of São Paulo.
Brazil increases healthcare access
Brazil, in particular, has the largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America and "leads in terms of gross sales with an average of $12 billion per year," according to Kiffer. The country's R&D market represents approximately 5% of total gross sales, he adds.
This year looks good so far. IMS Health projects the pharmaceutical industry in Brazil alone will grow approximately 10% and report total revenues of $25.6 billion in 2011. By the year 2015, the market is projected to reach $32.8 billion, according to Business Monitor International (BMI).
Brazil's potential lies in its population of nearly 200 million inhabitants, many of whom are just gaining access to private healthcare and generic drugs. During the past decade, the government has put controls into place to end sky-rocketing inflation, consolidated its economy, and opened the door to goods and services for millions of Brazilians, many of whom had been living in poverty. As a result of the changes, private healthcare firms based in the southeast of Brazil—the most developed region of the country—have reported double-digit growth in profits in the past few years.
Government measures regarding fiscal adjustments have increased Brazil's competitive edge and boosted investments from the private sector as well. According to BMI, imports of goods produced outside South America, including pharmaceuticals, are expected to drop due to legislation passed in 2010 (Law number 12.349/2010). The new law gives preference to goods and services provided by domestic or foreign companies installed within the Mercosur economic bloc. Mercosur, also known as the Southern Common Market, is made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru have associate-member status in the bloc.
"We therefore expect growth in the generic-drug sector to outpace the rest of the industry, especially in terms of sales volume," according to a February 2011 BMI report titled, Industry Trend Analysis.
Generic-drug sales in Brazil represented 17.2% of the pharmacy sector by value and 21.3% by volume in 2010. The sector is expected to increase to around 25% by 2015, according to industry data.
Market consolidation is underway as well. Recent acquisitions of domestic firms by giant multinationals have changed the local market considerably. And despite growing market share by foreign investors, growth and opportunities for smaller biotech firms are still expected, primarily because of the country's rich biodiversity, according to Brazil's National Pharmaceutical Laboratories Association.


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Washi Tape is a Japanese product, rolls and rolls of beautiful patterned tape that can be used in anything from books to packages. Kira from Her New Leaf decided to decorate her tired old Mac keyboard, with brilliant results.
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By definition, commencement means "to begin to be." As the members of the Class of 2008 begin tobe, we wish them every success, confident that they have been well prepared for a life of contribution in the 21st century, to meet its challenges and embrace its myriad opportunities. Well done!
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Elizabeth Del Tufo
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Welcome to NJIT's 2008 commencement, our first at this very impressive new venue in the heart of Newark. In fact, we are the first institution to hold a commencement at "The Rock," which is very appropriate given that we are Newark's hometown university and have had an association with our host city dating back to 1881.
I'd like to recognize the President of the Municipal council of the City of Newark, Mildred Crump, who is with us today.
There can be no doubt that this is a great day for those who will receive their degrees, and I want to congratulate each of you on your impressive educational achievements. No one can dispute that this is also an occasion to acknowledge the most important support that one receives in life. Please join me in a round of applause for the family members and friends who have helped you reach this milestone in 2008, and whose continued encouragement will surely inspire your many more outstanding accomplishments.


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Definition of on equal terms in English:
on equal terms
With the same advantages and disadvantages: all companies should be able to compete on equal terms
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Wondered where Robin van Perise was taught the technique for his gravity defying header against Spain in the World Cup?
Well, a video that has come out of Brazil may have the answer.
Incredibly, he may have learnt it from Arsene Wenger, who displayed his diving header credentials on Copacabana beach during a game of volley-foot-ball.
Or maybe, he was paying homage to his former player.
Make your own mind up by watching the below video.
While Wenger's face is obscured in the above video, the Arsenal manager can be seen to have a decent first touch in the same game, as seen below:
Wenger's touch is better than 50% of professional footballers these days http://t.co/m3FBvSjbBu
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- Defining and understanding a CMS
- Understanding taxonomy
- Assessing an organization or company's needs
- Comparing content management systems
- Planning a content strategy
- Controlling content lifecycle
- Migrating between CMSs
- Understanding users, groups, and permissions
- Using web analytics
Skill Level Beginner
Just as I did with designers, I want to focus for a moment on the specific needs of organizations when choosing a CMS. Obviously, as I mentioned earlier, start by looking at systems that share your focus. If you're a university, look for a CMS that is either integrated with a learning management system or includes tools that allows you to build curriculums. If you're a large corporation, look for a CMS that has built-in business logic, or one that can integrate into your existing systems. Reviewing your current workflow is critical for the success of CMS implementations within organizations.
Not only will it highlight current problems, but it will also give you templates to use when comparing systems. Now, for example, if your content needs to go through an editorial and legal review before it's published, you need a system with robust groups, permissions, and notifications as part of the publishing process. You also have a better idea of the team members that are going to be involved in using the CMS and what type of time commitment that will take. At some point you'll making a decision to either use an open source CMS or hire a vendor to implement a CMS for you.
Now, often cost is the deciding factor for many organizations, so I want to give you a few things to think about when making such a decision. First, don't assume that an open-source CMS is cheaper. Now sure, free seems to be cheaper, but the truth is for larger organizations you're still likely to need to hire an outside developer to customize and integrate the CMS for your system. On the flip side, don't assume that a proprietary CMS is better just because it's expensive. Often, the exact same features can be found in an open-source CMS and then customized for less money.
In the end, I recommend making decision based on which CMS is going to meet your needs the best and letting cost drive the decision when all the other factors are equal. When an organization engages outside vendors and contractors, you're likely to draft a request for proposal or other document that's going to outline your needs. Make sure that you've properly reviewed your needs prior to drafting this, and you want to use clear concise language. Don't just ask if the CMS supports a publishing workflow; be specific about your workflow and what you expect from the CMS.
If you need to repurpose content, don't just ask if you can share content; frame the request based on your specific needs, such as, can you repurpose add content using multiple delivery methods? Ask the vendors to detail how their system will perform the tasks you need, and request a demo of that functionality. Also, make sure that any vendor or contractor is a good fit culturally. Whatever system you choose is likely to need to integrate with other systems within your organization. Make sure that the code base is going to allow this and that the vendor or contractor you choose communicates well with both you and your IT department.
You need to think of the vendor as an extension of your team. If you wouldn't add them to your team, don't add their CMS to your organization. Make sure also that you pay attention to things that might matter to your organization but are really easy to overlook. For example, do you need multilingual support? If the answer is yes, does the CMS need to automate the process of generating multiple versions of your site, or are you going to do that manually for a targeted audience? Don't just assume that if a CMS says it has multilingual support that it's going to do what you need it to do.
Look deeper into the features and see how they work. Finally, make sure that the CMS can scale the way you need it to. If you are a large organization and are going to have thousands, if not millions, of individual pieces of content, you need to make sure the CMS you choose can handle that. A CMS might look fast demoing a small dataset and then actually turn out to be really sluggish once you plug all your content into it. The same goes for the amount of visitors that you're expecting. High-traffic web sites need more robust capabilities from their systems, so make sure you choose a CMS that can scale to the limits that you need.
The needs of an organization are vastly different from the needs of an individual. Make sure you properly assess your organization, your workflow, and your technical needs, so that you can choose a CMS that satisfies all of those areas.


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'I Have No Idea What's in My Portfolio — and Yes, I Won a Nobel'
How do Nobel Prize-winning economists allocate their investments? You may be surprised. In this video – passed along by our Intelligent Investor columnist Jason Zweig — Robert C. Merton (Nobel '97), Paul A. Samuelson ('70) and Robert M. Solow ('87) address their personal portfolios at a recent panel presented by the Boston University School of Management.
Merton reveals that he splits his money among a low-cost global stock index fund, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities and one hedge fund — while giving a thumbs-down to municipal bonds. Samuelson responds "no comment," but rails against those who try to time the market, especially on the way up. Most alarmingly, Solow admits that he hasn't "the vaguest idea" what's in his portfolio, and has "never paid any attention" to his investments over the past 60 years. Hey, maybe he's on to something….
For the full-length video, in which the three laureates expound on retirement and the current economic crisis, go here.


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Definition of T-back in English:
1A high-cut undergarment or swimming costume having only a thin strip of material passing between the buttocks.
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1.1A style of back on a bra or bikini top in which the shoulder straps meet before joining the horizontal strap below the shoulder blades.
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- Location: Huntsville (Alabama)
Zero‐g two‐phase flow data set qualification and flight experiment design have not been standardized and as a result, agreement among researchers has not been reached regarding what experimental conditions adequately approximate those of microgravity. The effects of buoyancy forces and mixing apparatus on the flow regime transitions are presented in this study. The gravity conditions onboard zero‐g aircraft are at best 10–3 g which is used to approximate the 10–5 g conditions of microgravity, thus the buoyancy forces present on zero‐g aircraft can become significantly large and unrepresentative of microgravity. When buoyancy forces approach those of surface tension forces, buoyancy induced coalescence occurs. When discussing flow regime transitions, these large buoyancy forces lead to flow regime transitions which otherwise would not occur. The buoyancy attributes of the two‐phase flow data sets available in the literature are evaluated to determine which data sets exhibit buoyancy induced transitions. Upon comparison of the representative data sets, the affects of different mixing apparatus can be seen in the superficial velocity flow regime maps.
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Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal(MPPEB) invites Online Application for MP Vyapam Pre-Agriculture Test (P.A.T.) – 2012 on it's Official Main Portal Site www.vyapam.nic.in and www.mponline.gov.in.
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If only they had those chair back seats in Jenison Fieldhouse's prime! The place looks great for the three day weekend of activities. I was there Friday afternoon to anchor the 6pm sports. Every seat is good. If they had more permanent type bleachers they could have easily added 2,000 more seats. So everyone in the building will have a good view of the proceedings all three days.
The players like the look but it won't matter whether they do or they don't because they'll have no trouble with the likes of Tuskegee. Tom Izzo spent a long day Thursday, spoke in Detroit, back to practice, left early at 5pm to privately fly to Dallas to watch Jabari Parker. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski was there too. Then he flies back late at night.
I found both opinions around the MSU camp Thursday. Some say Jabari signs with State, some say it's Duke. Next Thursday's the big day.


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Definition of squeaky clean in English:
squeaky clean
1Completely clean: squeaky clean restrooms
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- I was in Paris recently, and it's clear that French women believe their natural shine comes from having squeaky-clean, healthy skin.
- Lusaka can take a leaf from smaller cities such as Windhoek whose authorities maintain spotlessly squeaky-clean streets.
- You've got plenty of time, and besides, your house is squeaky-clean already.
1.1Beyond reproach; without vice: politicians who are less than squeaky clean
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- His photographs sing at you from the wall with squeaky-clean, glossy brilliance and his models are a class above even the best Blue Peter efforts.
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- His squeaky-clean morals even reach the money-hungry shareholders of his uncle's media conglomerate.
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NFL scouts reported quite highly of these players from their workouts. Of course we still do not know if these players are actually worthy of being draft at number one, or if scouts and agents are just trying to increase the market value for these players. Either way, it plays into the 49ers hands, so long as Mike Nolan and crew explore the possibilities smartly.
I have seen it over and over again. A player has an outstanding workout, at a combine or on their own pro day, and their stock shoots up. That appears to be the case with these three players, whether they warrant the pick or not. If the 49ers are smart, they can really use this to their advantage.
As a result of these workouts the 49ers appear to finally have two different moves that could make this a successful draft. Unlike before the 49ers can now pick any of these three players, and tout the line that the player is amazing prospect that will be groomed into a star player. That these players have all the talent, and that they have done their homework, and truly are legitimate. Also, unlike before, as the stock of these players rise, the 49ers have the option of trading down, whereas before it would have been much harder to find someone wanting to gamble and trade up to get one of these men. The recent workouts then, work to the 49ers benefit no matter which way they go.
The 49ers really have just two decisions left to make. They need to seriously consider each of these prospects and how likely they are to succeed in the NFL, and then decide if they will use the pick on one of these players as a result, or trade down and hope to get another top prospect somewhere else.
So what is revolutionary here? Did the 49ers not have these possibilities before? Sure they did. The team could easily have picked a player and with a little more effort have traded down before� The difference is, now the team will be applauded no matter which decision it makes. Yes, there will be second guessing as there always is, but those that second guess the move will no longer be able to argue that the team took the worst option available. Instead, it appears that every option is a win for the 49ers.
In the coming weeks the 49ers will have two tough decisions to make, but after these workouts, and the very popular and encouraging reports that have come out of them, it appears that the team is in a much better situation to make a good decision than they were before. Amazing. The power of one workout.


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Cottonmill Park LbNA # 1364
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NOTE: Alive and in need of a new sandwich-sized box 3/10
Every year in the spring birdwatchers from all over the country come to this town to encounter huge flocks of waterfowl, field after field filled with hungry Sandhill Cranes and to see the show of courting Prairie Chickens. These birds can occasionally be seen on a small tract of native prairie land at Cottonmill Park, just west of town.
to the trailhead: From Kearney go west on Highway 30 to Cottonmill Road. Turn right and drive a short distance to the park entrance. Inside the park, go to the East Shelter parking area. The Prairie Trail begins across the road.
to the letterbox: Keep barbed wire on your right until you see a shelter with a covered wagon parked beside it. One hundred fifty years ago the travelers along the Platte River Road all had to choose between the short-lived gold fields of California, or the long term security of the fertile Willamette Valley of Oregon. Here you have a similar choice to make. If you want to find this letterbox, you're in for the long haul. When you reach the next resting place along the trail, the letterbox is perched in a cedar tree twenty-nine steps due North.
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Eggs in one of three nests at the Walnut Creek offices of the Contra Costa Times hatched on Friday. The mother Canada goose had laid seven eggs, and five hatched.
The goslings soon were exploring their rooftop world while their mother kept a close watch on them and dad stood guard in the parking lot below.
The goslings, called by their mother, will likely jump off the one-story roof -- a canopy over a loading area -- on Saturday. Goslings rarely spend more than 24 hours in the nest. Mom and Pop will then lead their little family to a fountain pond near the Times's building in the Shadelands Business Park.
Two nests on the building still have mothers sitting on eggs -- a new nest, built on top of a guard shack in the employee parking lot, and nearby, a nest that has been occupied several times over the years by a bird we call Mother Goose. You can watch a live feed of Mother Goose on our goose cam at www.mercurynews.com/pets-animals. Those eggs should hatch this weekend or early next week.


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Chinese Rhapsody (中国狂想曲) (Xian, Xinghai)
Dear Kcleung
Can you provide more information on the publication? It is very hard for us non-chinese speakers to examine the file in order to release it for access. --Peter talk 04:27, 19 July 2008 (EDT)
In response to your postings on the forums
Not to beat a dead horse, but IMSLP:File formats--Snailey Yell at me 16:37, 16 November 2008 (EST)
Sicong Ma
Dear Kcleung,
you have created a composer page for Sicong Ma (1912-1987). Do you have the written permission to post his works here? If not, the category will be deleted shortly. You can answer here on this discussion page. Regards, Hobbypianist 11:53, 4 June 2009 (EDT)
Sicong Ma
Ddar Kcleung, Do you have written permission from the composer's estate to post items here? You've been around here enough that surely know we cannot post things by composers who died in 1987 unless there is clearly permission to do so. Thanks, Carolus 11:55, 4 June 2009 (EDT) (IMSLP Copyright Admin)
Sicong Ma
Yes his works are of course still under copyright and I am NOT going to post the scores of his works on IMSLP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
However is it okay to just list the entry of the composer (and possibly a list of his works) here WITHOUT posting PDF scores of his works? so that people can know more about this composer and can be ready to prepare scores once he becomes PD. By law, the fact of the composer and the list of his work itself would not be copyrighted and we are not breaking any laws as long as we don't publish his scores. (otherwise the wikipedia article on Ma would be illegal!)
There are also other composers listed who are still in copyright
and I think there maybe 1-2 works by Ma published before 1923 (PD in USA)
- We'll probably need to put a warning similar to the one on the Stravinksy page to discourage anyone from uploading items, but it's good to have the info. Carolus 23:14, 5 June 2009 (EDT)
A standard template for non-PD composers
So like what pml suggested, we need to have a standard template for all composers in the category:
which discourages contributors from posting scores unless they can positively proof that the work posted is injected into PD by licenses such as CC
undeleting the Dohnanyi entry
I have also set up a page for Dohnanyi yesterday but it is now removed. Dohnanyi's work will become PD in Canada and all life+50 countries at the end of next year, and all of his pre-1923 works (such as the Variations on a Nursery Rhyme) are already PD in USA. I believe having an entry for Dohnanyi now can encourage contributors to prepare PDFs for the entry of Dohnanyi to PD at the end of next year.
So is it okay to undelete my Dohnanyi entry? Or if not possible, can I re-create it?
- I will need to contact some of the other admins here about this entire issue. Actually, he does not enter P.D. until 2011 as the term runs to the end of the year. We do allow for putting up composer pages a year before the expiry of their term. At latest you can put Dohnanyi up again in January. Thanks, Carolus 03:07, 6 June 2009 (EDT)
Composer Pages for Non-PD Composers
Hello Kcleung, I spoke with Feldmahler about this issue and have discussed via message with the other admins. We will be permitting this feature in the near future since there should be a fairly simple way to disable the "add work" feature on such pages. This addresses the main concern we had, which was that having pages for composers like Shostakovich would simply encourage people to violate the law by scanning the works and uploading them here. Disabling the "add work" feature will minimize this risk. We expect to have a template for this type of page in a few weeks. Thanks for the suggestion. Best Wishes, Carolus 23:56, 15 June 2009 (EDT)
That's great! Apart from being a PD scanned PDF score repository, IMSLP also doubles as a wikipedia for composers all around the world, whether or not PD. To be honest, IMSLP is the best way to let the rest of the world knows about Chinese symphonic composers, regardless of whether they are currently in PD.
However for a non-PD composer, if the heirs decide to re-license a work to CC, (not necessary all works by the composer), what mechanism should we let the re-licensed work to be uploaded?
To be safe, should we still forbid web-based uploading and make the uploader to contact one of the copyright admin offline and produce proof that the work is already in CC? Or should we make the heirs to do the uploading themselves (offline to a copyright reviewer)? --Kcleung 05:27, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
Copyright Review
Hi, Go to the IMSLP:Copyright Reviewers page for an introduction to the procedures. A link to the test (PDF format) is at the bottom of the page. Once you passed the test, let one of us know and we'll have a bureaucrat assign CR status to you account. That's all there is to it! Carolus 23:26, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
- Congratulations! Now you get to have the userbox on your page (no, it's not automatic).-- Snailey Talk to Me Email me 22:49, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
Wagner Parts
On the FTP, under "Wagner OM/Unlocked" there are some files that need their logos removed. Could you do so please and reupload them to the FTP? Thanks-- Snailey (_@/) Talk to Me Email me 18:21, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
Haydn: Nelson Mass
Hi Kcleung, Since the parts you uploaded bear a valid 1965 copyright notice from G. Henle, you should be aware that this title will be subject to the notorious temporary block because of it's status in the USA, where they are theoretically under copyright until 2061. Do you wish for us to keep it here? Thanks, Carolus 00:53, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
I believe that this is a reprint by Barenreiter from the scholarly edition (urtext) of the Joseph Haydn Album Reihe 23 Band 3
So does the copyright still apply if this is a scholarly edition? If we choose to implement a 30-year block of scholarly edition, then it means we can publish from 1995 onwards. Are there any reasons why the urtext provision can't apply in this case?
--Kcleung 09:31, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
- In 1965 at least, there was no urtext provision in the US. (I must admit that I'm not completely sure about now.) Anything published with a valid notice would be subject to the full 95 years, unless we can prove the notice was a scarecrow. We couldn't 'choose' to implement only a 30-year block because that would be violating US law. KGill talk email 20:54, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
KGill is correct. The score was issued with a valid notice and renewal was automatic as it was after 1963. In the USA, that's good for 95 years unless you go to court and prove there was insufficient originality to qualify for copyright.We have no choice but to block it as our corporate address is in the USA. There is no urtext provision in US law. 30 years would be 1979 and before, BTW - not 1995. Carolus 04:56, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
- In light of the new EU status, I went ahead and tagged it, as 2 of the 3 major jurisdictions we cover can access it legally.-- Snailey (_@/) Talk to Me Email me 21:59, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Xian Xinghai Lilypond project
I am interested in helping out with this project. I am fairly fluent in Lilypond, though don't have much experience with parts. Could you let me know what you and Horndude77 are working on at the moment, and what I could start on. Thanks. Deinonychus 19:09, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Re: Clarinet Concerto K.622
Hi, I used finale for my typeset. If you wish, I could upload the PDF of the B-flat transposed part, of I could send you a link to download the file. Briguychau 05:53, 11 October 2010 (UTC)


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Nevada still uses the Comprehensive Mountain Lion Management Plan written in 1995. Decisions regarding mountain lions in Nevada appear to be increasingly dictated by politics rather than sound science. Nevada's mountain lion sport hunting quota remains high: 243 lions in the 2015-16 season. The 20% quota exceeds the 12 to 16% that is widely accepted as the top limit for maintaining viable lion populations in good circumstances, and does not take into account many other causes of mortality. Lions have also been killed through the legislatively mandated Predator Management Program. Between July 2016 and June 2017, $570,000 may be used to kill mountain lions.
The state of Nevada encompasses 109,826 miles of land. Of this the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) estimates that approximately 50,000 square miles, roughly 45 percent of the state, is suitable mountain lion habitat. Using a 1982 Gap Habitat Analysis map to ascertain the amount and location of mountain lion habitat in each of Nevada's 29 Game Management Units (GMUs), MLF researchers estimate that there is closer to 55,891 square miles of suitable mountain lion habitat in the state.
Nevada's mountain lion habitat is distributed throughout all the mountain ranges in the state. According to NDOW, "The mountain lion's habitat ranges from desert, chaparral and badlands to sub-alpine mountain and tropical rain forests. In Nevada, mountain lions are most likely found in areas of pinion pine, juniper, mountain mahogany, ponderosa pine and mountain brush."
NDOW believes that overall, mountain lion population in Nevada is stable. Yet, it also acknowledges that "The increasing human population in Nevada has caused mountain lions to retreat to more isolated and rugged terrain. This human encroachment has also caused more human interactions with these otherwise secretive animals."
NDOW has put forth several estimates on the number of mountain lions residing in the state. Based on modeling that considers past mortality trends and recruitment rates from mark-recapture studies, NDOW's 2008 status report estimates somewhere between 2,500 and 3,500 mountain lions statewide. This number is considerably lower than their 2003 estimate of 3,000 to 4,000 mountain lions, and is disputed further by a 2004 article in the Reno Gazette Journal which cites a NDOW population estimate of only 1,500 mountain lions.
Mountain lions were considered unprotected fur animals and $5 bounties were paid for each lion killed. Mortality records date back to 1917. From 1917 until their classification as game animals in 1965, at least 1,705 lions were killed in Nevada.
In 1972 a ten-year mountain lion study was initiated to establish mountain lion population estimates, discern basic habitat requirements, and establish a sport hunting management program. Since its publication in 1983, the findings of this study have formed the foundation for most mountain lion management practices in Nevada.
Since the later half of the 1990s, Nevada's mountain lion hunting strategies have become increasingly more liberalized to simplify and increase hunter involvement. To achieve this goal:
In March 2007 Assemblyman Clayborn submitted AB 259 to the Committee on Natural Resources. If passed this bill would have reclassified mountain lions in Nevada as "unprotected mammal," thereby making it legal for anyone to kill a lion at any time without needing a license. The bill would also have allowed aerial hunting from airplanes or helicopters and the use of spring guns, set guns or other devices for the destruction of a mountain lion. Finally, the bill also called for renaming NDOW the Nevada Department of Fish and Game thereby proudly declaring exactly who the Department really worked for. Fortunately the bill failed. Strangely, the primary reasons for its defeat may have been that it would cost too much to change NDOW's name and because many hunters feared a reduction in available trophy animals.
Nevada still uses the Comprehensive Mountain Lion Management Plan written in 1995. In that plan, the Nevada Department of Wildlife stated that its goals and objectives are to:
While the above wildlife management plan sounds balanced and fair, it is riddled with qualifiers and ultimately depends upon how one defines "reasonable densities," "control," "recreational opportunities," and "maintain a balance" to properly evaluate its merits. As the old saying goes, the proof is in the pudding, and in Nevada's case, the proof is in the lack of a current mountain lion management plan beyond annual hunting quotas and predator culling goals for specific game management areas.
A review of available documents found:
Since 1917 (the first year records are available) until 2015, an estimated 8,510 mountain lions have been killed by humans in Nevada, with 80 percent of these deaths occurring after 1965 when mountain lions were classified as game animals.
This figure does not include:
Nevada's Mountain Lion Hunting Season runs all year, from March 1 through February 28. Night hunting is also allowed. Nevada's 29 Game Management Units (GMUs) are combined into three hunting regions (Western, Eastern, and Southern). Hunting quotas are established for each of these regions rather than for individual GMUs. When the quota (also called "harvest objective") has been met for a given hunting region, the lion season is closed in that region. With this policy it is possible that some Game Management Units might experience greater lion mortality than others within the same hunting region.
In 2003, Nevada provided a gender breakdown of its mountain lion harvests for the years 1998 through 2001. During this 4-year period 41 percent (282) of the total human-caused mountain lion mortalities were female cougars.
According to MLF's 11 western state study of human-caused mountain lion mortalities (1992-2001) the Nevada Game Management Units (GMUs) most responsible for mountain lion deaths were numbers 12, 11, 5, 6, and 2. From 1997 to 2001, these GMUs accounted for 285 human-caused mountain lion mortalities.
During this time period these GMUs were responsible for 29 percent of human-caused mountain lion mortalities while encompassing only 11 percent of Nevada's mountain lion habitat. GMU-12 was ranked as Nevada's number one killing field during the study period with an average mortality density rating of 1.5.
Decisions regarding mountain lions in Nevada appear to be increasingly dictated by politics rather than sound science. Greg Tanner, a wildlife biologist with the Nevada Department of Wildlife, is quoted in an April 12, 2004 High Country News article as saying that "Game commissions make decisions based on what they hear from their sportsmen constituents."
This opinion of political manipulation of the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commission (NBWC) by hunting groups was reinforced on December 5, 2009 when the NBWC approved three projects sought by private sportsmen groups to kill the predators of mule deer and sage grouse — specifically mountain lions. This approval was made despite arguments against the plan presented by the Director of the Nevada Department of Wildlife.
In a March 9, 2010, Reno Gazette Journal news article Tony Wasley, a NDOW mule deer specialist, stated that controlling predators won't stop the disappearance of the sagebrush-covered terrain that deer depend on in Nevada and much of the West. "We're talking about a landscape-scale phenomenon here," Wasley said. "The [Nevada deer] population is limited by habitat. Where there is insufficient habitat, all the predator control in the world won't result in any benefit." Unfortunately his argument, and those of fellow biologists, has not debunked the popular opinion of many hunters (that an exploding mountain lion population is eradicating Nevada's deer herd) or those of their sympathetic lawmakers.
Also in March 2010 the implementation of the special mountain lion removal plan was put on hold when, citing lack of full support from Nevada officials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services (WS) refused to carry it out. As a result of this refusal, the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commission has now created the Mule Deer Restoration Sub-Committee with the stated purpose of helping to restore mule deer numbers in the state. There is some question as to the impartiality of this committee. At its second public meeting on April 15, 2010, committee liaisons with the Nevada Cattlemen's Association, Nevada Farm Bureau, and Wildlife Services (the agency which carries out the state's predator control directives) were announced.
AB291 Introduced at the 71st session of the Nevada State Legislature on March 6, 2001 sought to establish a fee for all Nevada hunt permit applications to be used for predator management. NRS 502.253 was signed into law May 31, 2001. This legislation created an additional application processing fee ($3) for all game tags to be used by NDOW for costs related to:
According to the March 2016 draft of Nevada's Predator Management Plan FY 2017, there are three projects relating to mountain lions, but five total programs which amount to $570,000.
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In Nevada's legal code, Puma concolor is generally referred to as "mountain lion."
The species is classified as a big game mammal, along with pronghorn antelope, black bear, mule deer, mountain goat, Rocky Mountain elk, Nelson bighorn sheep, California bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, and any other species classified as a big game mammal by the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners.
Laws pertaining to Nevada's endangered species can be applied to mountain lions because the laws apply to all native fish, wildlife, and other fauna. However, mountain lions are not listed as endangered or threatened in Nevada because the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners does not believe that the species' "existence is endangered and its survival requires assistance because of overexploitation, disease or other factors or its habitat is threatened with destruction, drastic modification or severe curtailment."
Generally, treatment of wildlife in the State of Nevada is governed by the Nevada Revised Statutes - the state's collection of all laws passed by its legislature. Rules regarding the treatment of wildlife in Nevada can also be found in the Nevada Administrative Code - the state's collection of all agency rules. Since our summary below may not be completely up to date, you should be sure to review the most current law for Nevada.
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The Nevada Legislature is a part-time, bicameral legislature. The lower chamber - the Assembly - is made up of 42 members who serve 2-year terms. The Democratic Party has controlled the Nevada State Assembly since 1997. The upper chamber - the Senate - consists of 21 members who serve 4-year terms. Members of either chamber may only serve 12 years in that chamber. If you do not know who your state legislators are or in which legislative district(s) you live, Nevada maintains this website to help you. If you already know who your state legislators are or in which district(s) you live, you may use the Assembly's membership roster and/or the Senate's roster to contact your representatives.
The Nevada Legislature's regular session begins on the first Monday in February following the election of Assembly members. The session must adjourn before midnight PST on the 120th calendar day of the session. The legislature may call itself into special sessions by submitting a petition signed by two-thirds of the members of each house to the Nevada Secretary of State. The governor may also call the legislature into special sessions, but special sessions called by the legislature take precedence over those called by the governor. Special sessions are limited to 20 calendar days regardless of who calls them.
Nevada's wildlife regulations can be found in Chapters 501, 502, 503, 504, and 505 of the Nevada Administrative Code. The regulations are written by the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners.
The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners is a 9-member board appointed by the governor. County advisory boards submit the names of potential nominees to the governor. Nevada law requires the board to consist of at least one conservation advocate, a farmer, a rancher, one member who represents the interests of the general public, and five members who held a Nevada hunting and/or fishing license during at least 3 of the 4 years immediately prior to their appointment to the board. No more than three members may be from a county whose population is 700,000 or greater. No more than two commissioners may be from a county whose population is 100,000-699,999. Only one commissioner may be from a county whose population is less than 100,000. The board does not have political diversity rules. The board is responsible for setting state regulations, reviewing budgets, and receiving public input.
The Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) is the department in the Nevada state executive branch that enforces the state's wildlife laws and regulations. The NDOW is overseen by the Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners.
Nevada still uses the Comprehensive Mountain Lion Management Plan written in 1995. The plan is required by commission policy and makes recommendations to guide commission policies.
Hunting of mountain lions is allowed year-round in the State of Nevada. Officially, March 1 is the date when mountain lion hunting season begins, and February 28 is when the season closes if the state's mountain lion quotas have not already been met. The regulations governing "recreational" hunting of mountain lions specify 118 wildlife management units organized into 29 management areas. Nevada allows hunters to purchase two lion tags per year.
Hound hunting is allowed and does not require any special permits unless the hunter is guiding others during the hunt.
Nevada allows the hunting of mountain lions with centerfire rifles .22 caliber or larger, muzzle-loading rifles and muskets with a single barrel that is .45 caliber or larger, shotguns no larger than 10 gauge and no smaller than 20 gauge, longbows, crossbows, and flash lights to accommodate hunting at night.
After a mountain lion has been killed, the skull and hide must be presented to a WDOW representative within 72 hours. The representative will permanently affix the department's seal to the hide. One of the lion's premolars will also be removed.
Biologists determine how many mountain lions can be harvested in each game management unit. Once a unit's quota is reached, the unit is closed to further hunting to prevent overharvest. Nevada prohibits the killing of killing of spotted kittens and females accompanied by kittens.
Nevada law states that there is no criminal penalty for the killing of a mountain lion if "[t]he killing of the animal is necessary to protect the life or property of any person in imminent danger of being attacked by the animal." The law does not state if there are any reporting requirements or what may be done with the carcass of a mountain lion killed for threatening human life.
Depredation regulation in Nevada states that the director of the Nevada Department of Wildlife may issue a permit to kill a depredating lion. Further regulations state that themountain lion carcass is property of the state and may be retrieved by the NDOW. There is no mention of how soon the killing of the lion must be reported to NDOW. Nevada law also allows people to kill any mountain lion that is actively endangering property. Owners of domestic animals do not appear to be required to take any steps to protect their pets or livestock. There also does not appear to be a government-funded compensation program for losses of domestic animals to mountain lions.
The State of Nevada contracts with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services to kill mountain lions that may be threatening the survival of other animals throughout the state. The USDA publishes summaries of its yearly wildlife control programs, but does not appear to specify whether the lions were killed to protect livestock, game species, or both. PDR G reports the numbers of mountain lions and other species killed.
Mountain lions may not be trapped for fur in Nevada. The regulations governing trapping in Nevada do not classify mountain lions as a fur-bearing species. If a mountain lion is accidently trapped and killed, it must be reported to a WDOW representative within 48 hours. The carcass must be disposed of in accordance with the representative's directions.
Poaching law in the State of Nevada provides some protection of mountain lions in law, but only as a deterrent. It is rare for penalties to be sufficiently harsh to keep poachers from poaching again. Unlawfully killing a mountain lion in Nevada is punished as a class E felony, but the court may reduce the penalty to that of a gross misdemeanor. A class E felony is punishable by a prison term of 1-4 years and a fine of up to $5,000. A gross misdemeanor is punished by up to 364 days of imprisonment and a fine of up to $2,000. State regulations also state that poachers are awarded demerit points based on the nature of their offense. Upon the accumulation of 12 demerit points within a 60-month period, the poacher's hunting privilege can be revoked for two, three, five, or ten years.
The Nevada Department of Transportation does not keep records of mountain lions killed on the State's roads.