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I own this shirt. It is navy blue with a white trim, a nice looking shirt. Perhaps you've seen this shirt. I wear it to the gym sometimes, especially the one back home where I show it off as if to say: why yes, I do attend university. Maybe you even own it too, I got mine for free and I know I'm not the only one. What really draws attention to the shirt is the message written across the chest: "I am Boundless."Now I'll admit it's a great slogan. The first thing you can say about "Boundless" is that it fits all the criteria you would expect from a university slogan. Ambiguity? Check. Opportunity? Check. Infinite horizons? Check.From a marketing standpoint, the obscurity of this term is what makes it so effective. It carries the idea that school is what you make of it, putting you in the driver's seat. What's boundless? Is it the diverse mix of research programs, exchanges, clubs, teams and all manner of opportunities that are readily available at U of T? No. It is you. You are boundless."Boundless," perhaps more than anything else, denotes freedom. One could argue that this is exactly what potential students are looking for. The meaning of the slogan is twofold. It first posits that the university will help provide the necessary environment for you to explore your freedom, while at the same time, the slogan suggests that this environment will not restrict or bind you in any way.On an academic level, this slogan seems to fit well with U of T's culture. After all, this school offers some outstanding opportunities. Ironically — perhaps intentionally — this motto runs contrary to some of the popular beliefs about this university. Barring any outside criticism, many students at this school report that the academic demands on their time are too strenuous, and that they invade too deeply into their social lives. This is of course merely the price one pays for attending a top school. Still, the fact that our slogan seems to run contrary to what many of us believe about this university is somewhat troublesome.If this slogan only meant that we are boundless in the academic sphere then perhaps there would be no issue. However, the various ways in which this slogan is delivered play up both the academic and social advantages of the school.In one sense, this is a must for the university's advertising. In an age where the value of any given university degree has shrunk, social networks are becoming increasingly important for many prospective students.Accordingly, university ads seem to be advancing the social merits of their schools more than ever. In these ads, the message that the social value of the degree is tantamount to academics is not only promoted, it's unequivocal. After all, how do you think alumni get to the top? When you play Frisbee in the shade of the campus quad with women in sundresses and men in Oxford shirts, yes there is great fun, but there is also an opportunity to make profitable connections.The reality for many students is that the academic rigors of this school overshadow the social benefits of university. In this sense, our slogan is contradictory. We are not boundless, but heavily bound. We can only hope, then, that this hindrance to social freedom will be worth it in the long run. Breen Wilkinson is a second-year student studying English, history, and American studies.
"Boundless" U of T campaign misrepresents the realities of university life
University advertisements misrepresent the constraints on student life
Controversial residence plans continue to spark debate
Knightstone residence would benefit students as living costs in Toronto rise
A new student residence is being proposed near College and Spadina. Knightstone Capital, a private firm, is planning to build a 24-storey tower, which could house 759 U of T students on property leased from the university. However, some members the local community, including City Councillor Adam Vaughan, oppose the project.Many U of T students welcome the proposal. Housing costs in downtown Toronto are soaring. A decent bedroom in a Bay Street condominium often costs $1,000 per month, and many students are more than happy to pay $600 just to find a living room to sleep in. On the other hand, commuting carries implicit costs. In addition to paying $106 a month for a TTC pass, commuters also tend to enjoy fewer of the auxiliary U of T services that they pay for. After all, few would be willing to commute back to campus after dark just for an intramural soccer game at 10:00 pm.The project also appeals to the university. The university administration has some responsibility to offer accommodation to its substantial international and out-of-province student body. For years, however, it has been unable to expand its aging residence buildings due to ever-decreasing public funding. As the Knightstone project is privately financed, the university can better serve its students while only taking on minimal financial risks. Besides, more student residences will always foster a sense of community on campus that big universities like U of T often lack.Opponents to the project protest that a glass-and-steel tower would be incongruous in the otherwise low-rise area, and that students would cause a disturbance in an otherwise quiet residential neighbourhood. These are genuine concerns; however, they should serve as signs to proceed with caution, rather than as roadblocks to the entire project. Indeed, some measures have already been taken to address these problems. For instance, the university stipulated as part of its lease that the operator of the new residence must obtain its approval. It is therefore to be expected that student life in the new tower will be held to the same standard as any other U of T residences.In their stern opposition to the proposed tower, community members also seem to have willfully ignored the enormous economic and social benefits that those 759 students will bring to the neighbourhood. Existing business owners will see an influx of customers, and residents will benefit from the opening of many new businesses.The university owns many other underdeveloped properties, such as the three blocks bounded by Harbord, Spadina, and Huron and Bloor. U of T owns all but 11 houses in the area. Building a mixture of new student residences and classrooms in the area will benefit the residents as well as students. However, if the Knightstone residence project is rejected, it will serve as a negative precedent for other future development projects in the area. Li Pan is a second-year student majoring in economics and mathematics.
U of T building beyond its means
University lacks infrastructure roadmap
New University of Toronto president Meric Gertler wasted little time expressing the university's dissatisfaction with provincial levels of funding for post-secondary education, citing funding pressures as a key challenge for the university in his installation address. The Varsity has recently highlighted the alarming growth of deferred maintenance at U of T, as well as the interaction of provincial funding structures and donor priorities with what gets built and fixed at the university. Despite the constant talk of funding levels and priorities, questions around deferred maintenance are still rarely discussed.For many students, the first of these questions will be: What is deferred maintenance? Deferred maintenance occurs when the university spends less on maintaining its buildings in a given year than it thinks it should. The Facilities & Services department monitors how much upkeep has been delayed until future years in this manner, and their reports make alarming reading.As of 2012, the university has some $484 million in deferred maintenance. If U of T were to decide to do all that work today, it would cost them one quarter of the university's endowment. Amazingly, that's not the alarming part of the problem; even if U of T were to spend that money catching up on maintenance this year, we would still have significant levels of maintenance necessary next year.It is not difficult to see how the university has arrived at this point, and U of T's administration is not doing anything that other large Canadian institutions have not done. Every year, U of T has to spend more than it earns — something that it cannot do. Many public institutions — including the ttc, school boards, and the provincial government itself — face this yearly dilemma. The province makes ends meet primarily by incurring debt, but other institutions often make up the funding gap by deferring spending on maintenance. If U of T were to defer other expenses — such as salaries, heating, or financial aid — people would notice. However, the university can easily get by unnoticed without spending millions on removing the asbestos from Sidney Smith, or other projects that are advisable in the long term but not immediately necessary.It is important to note that deferred maintenance does not pose any immediate danger to the people using these buildings. Facilities & Services monitors the university's infrastructure, and urgent repairs are carried out before they become a hazard. The problem, however, is that while the asbestos in Sid Smith can be safely contained for now, it will eventually have to go. The same is true for every job that can, for the time being, be safely put off until next year. Deferring maintenance also provides short-term savings at the expense of long-term costs, since labour, material, and evaluation costs increase every year.Until 2008, U of T was slowly improving the situation; from 2005–2008, the amount of deferred maintenance decreased from about $300 million to less than $200 million, as U of T actually spent more on maintenance than the annual requirement. Since 2008, however, the trend has reversed. Both the rate of increase and the amount of deferred maintenance are now growing every year. Even though U of T's contribution to maintenance has actually increased steadily since 2008, provincial funding has been declining, and total funding is not keeping pace with need.This problem of ever-increasing deferred maintenance is compounded by the fact that donors and politicians alike want to fund exciting new projects, particularly innovative or glamorous new buildings. By going along with these plans U of T maximizes the total amount of grant and donation money it receives, and continues to grow its infrastructure and enhance its reputation. All of these are positive developments, and they often lead to tangible benefits for students. The downside is that the university can't quite afford to maintain the buildings it already has. While some donations fund renovations, which include maintenance or revival funding, new building is almost always part of the deal, leading to even more maintenance cost as those buildings age.Administrators have argued that U of T can neither tell donors what to fund nor change the government's mind, and that it has to take advantage of these opportunities or risk falling behind its global competitors. This argument ignores the reality that, eventually, deferred maintenance will catch up with us. The university can devote more money to innovation and growth today by deferring maintenance spending. By doing so, however, administrators ensure that at some point in the future, U of T will have less to spend less on these goals as it is forced to divert funds to urgent up-keep spending.Allowing donors and capricious provincial grants to set the university's agenda for growth also puts decision-making in the wrong hands. The university certainly benefits from exciting new buildings, but it needs money for maintenance, as well as more classrooms, residences, and student space. We expect that the provincial government will spend money where it is needed, whether it is glamorous or not. The university and its students — who donors always express a willingness to listen to — must ask that donors provide money for what faculty and students are really asking for, rather than what benefits their reputations or desires for legacy projects. Gertler is a world-renowed urban geographer, and we hope that his academic background will inform a more comprehensive and thoughtful plan for the university's development.The Goldring family's support for the Goldring Student Centre is an excellent example of donor funding for student space. This kind of support is very rare, and has been totally absent from the Student Commons fundraising process, which places the whole burden of funding on students.The question of deferred maintenance is a question of leadership. The university is sabotaging its long-term growth to further its short-term growth. By incurring an enormous and growing amount of deferred maintenance, and by allowing donors and grants to set a haphazard course for growth, we are undermining the university's future. University and provincial leaders are taking credit for the university's current strength and growth, while ensuring a weaker future.
U of T researchers invent functional "cloaking devices"
Researchers build revolutionary device for under $2,000
Two members of U of T's Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have invented a functioning invisibility cloak. Professor George Eleftheriades and PhD student Michael Selvanayagam used the principle of wave interference to conceptualize a thin "cloak" of atennae that renders an object invisible to radar. To accompany the research, published last week in the journal Physical Review X, Selvanayagam built a functioning model of the device for less than $2,000.Radio devices read the appearance and position of objects by interpreting the waves that bounce off object — the same principle behind human sight, but in a different spectrum. The cloaking device built by Eleftheriades and Selvanayagam radiates a field that cancels out the waves bouncing off the object it covers, rendering the object invisible in the radio spectrum. The device can also alter the appearance or the apparent location of the object when viewed through radar.The device was created in an effort to improve upon existing research, says Selvanayagam. "The idea of cloaking an object was first proposed in 2006 or so by a group at Duke University… they were the ones who first showed that cloaking is something that you can actually do using specially designed materials and structures." A structure of metamaterials shields the object inside from rays by bending light around the object. The problem with these structures was their relative scalabilty and complexity: early structures were large and awkward, and techniques designed to shield smaller objects weren't very modifiable. Eleftheriades and Selvanayagam's research has solved these problems — their device is scalable and flexible, and can also be retuned to work with different wavelengths.Though for a functioning invisibility device an under $2,000 cost seems impressively cheap, Selvanayagam didn't view the budget as a limitation. "The reason it was a small budget was because we wanted to do everything as simply as possible," he says. "So all the components are discrete parts, we didn't try to integrate anything into a package, we did everything very modularly, very system level, very part-by-part, so we could switch things in and out for the ease of the experiment." A larger budget would allow experimenters to fully integrate the device — or make it more reactive. Currently, the device must be manually tuned, but in the future, the device may contain a mechanism that would allow it to detect radio waves and then automatically tune itself to the approproiate frequency.The most obvious applications for the new device are military — hiding or disguising objects from prying eyes. "But in general, there are some more basic, not-very-fancy, but more down to earth applications," points out Selvanayagam. "If you think about the city of Toronto, there are antenna towers all over the city, that's just how our wireless system works. And some of them are being blocked by various objects, there are buildings in the way." The device could cloak buildings that interrupt cellular communications. "If you pinch around them with these antennas, the buildings disappear."Further applications — especially those that would require use of the technology in the visible spectrum, including medical imaging applications — are a matter of technology. "We did it with radio waves because the technology is mature enough that you can apply established technological ideas like atennas," explains Selvanayagam. "At higher frequencies, as you approach the visible spectrum or the region beyond x-rays, the technology is very different, so there are some serious challenges in taking what we did and moving it up."
SAUIS seeks changes to unpaid internship framework
New campaign advocates for government intervention over unpaid internships in Ontario
On Tuesday, Students Against Unpaid Internship Scams (SAUIS), an advocacy group, launched a campaign that urges provincial government reform on unpaid internships. Unpaid interns are currently not covered under the Employment Standards Act (ESA), Ontario's cornerstone legislation overseeing employment.At the press conference announcing the new campaign, SAUIS listed three recommendations for Ontario's Ministry of Labour — include proactive enforcement of existing employment regulations, a public education campaign on unpaid internships, and a comprehensive government review of the laws governing unpaid internships."There is a growing push to address unpaid internships in Ontario," according to Josh Mandryk, a spokesperson for SAUIS and third-year student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law In Canada, unpaid internships are a murky field with little government oversight. Although an estimated 200,000 postsecondary students undertake in unpaid internships each year, no provincial or federal agency keeps data on interns.At the University of Toronto, decisions concerning proposed unpaid internships are made at the department or faculty level. According to Michael Kurts, associate vice-president of strategic communications, this makes the prevalence of unpaid internships "difficult to determine, due both to the decentralized nature of the University and to the various ways that internships are defined.""The university supports educational opportunities for students that prepare them well for the careers they plan to follow," Kurts said. "That might include a service learning component, an international placement, a co-op opportunity, a paid internship or an unpaid internship."A number of campus organizations have expressed concern over Ontario's unpaid internship framework. "Unpaid internships exploit students and young graduates," said Munib Sajjad, president of the University of Toronto Students' Union (UTSU). "For-profit companies benefit from free labour, while young people contend with the highest unemployment rate we've seen since the Great Depression."In an email to The Varsity, Sajjad stated that the UTSU is currently working on a campaign that calls on the federal government to create a "National Youth Unemployment Strategy." He also stated that UTSU is working on initiatives to enhance regulation of the existing ESA.Shawn Tian, president of the Arts and Science Students' Union, also expressed concerns over unpaid internships. "Wasted hours running petty errands which [do] nothing to bolster our resumes is about as bad as it gets," Tian noted. Tian believes that shorter, more intensive internships would allow students to get valuable experience while not putting a large financial burden on employers."It's important for [students] to realize our own worth as potential interns," Tian asserted. "There are plenty of internships that offer solid learning opportunities and [students] should not settle if it means wasted hours with little experiential learning."Some U of T students, like third-year molecular genetics and microbiology major Monica, have had positive experiences with unpaid internships. Monica works as a student researcher in a campus lab. She claims her internship has been instrumental in kindling her interest in scientific research. "I never really had much ambition before I worked in this lab," she explained, "but now that I've found something I love doing, I feel much more motivated to do well in my classes."Monica does see problems with the current system for unpaid internships. Most importantly, she believes that unpaid internships exclude disadvantaged students. "I understand the argument that experience gained is worth more than a salary, but I think the obvious problem is that most people can't afford to work for free," she acknowledged. "This means that entire fields where unpaid internships are the expected entry point become almost entirely inaccessible to people who don't have enough money.""I'd like to see it become easier to get a research position in the context of a paying job," Monica sad. "I'd like to see more official job postings, with stipends listed. Instead of having to email professors with interesting research at random, why not make it more obvious who's looking for students and who isn't?"U of T's Career Centre does list some paid and unpaid research opportunities, but the majority of positions go unlisted. A recent search for "research positions" on the U of T Career Centre's website yielded no results."It's time for action on unpaid internships," Mandryk said. "We hope to see to all three parties coming together to protect young workers from abuse." SAUIS plans to advance the group's message to every Member of Provincial Parliament in the coming weeks.
A tale of two presidents
U of T's presidential transition provides opportunity for further growth
David Naylor stepped down as U of T president on Friday, ending eight years in the university's most important office. For almost a decade, Naylor has filled the president's office with remarkable energy and has often been in the public eye. It is hard to assess Naylor's personal legacy, but the university has certainly benefitted from his efforts.
At the time of his appointment, Naylor's successor, Meric Gertler, emphasized Naylor's achievements in raising U of T's international reputation: "I am following in the footsteps of President Naylor — a leader who has combined vision, hard work, and dedication to propel the University to compete with the best institutions in the world." Under Naylor, U of T has placed among the world's top 20 universities in both the QS World University Rankings and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Although Naylor himself has questioned the accuracy and significance of university rankings, they are just one indication of U of T's growing international standing. Naylor can claim a great deal of credit for this achievement. The "Boundless" fundraising campaign, launched in Naylor's second term, is the largest in Canadian academic history and has bolstered the university's global connections. Again, Naylor's personal involvement has been substantial.Although Naylor has been good for U of T's public image abroad, he has been less successful closer to home. Perhaps the most prominent example of this is the proposed student residence that was to be built by Knightstone Capital Management Inc. on College Street. The university's negotiations with Toronto City Council and with community groups opposed to the proposals were less than cordial. The university released an unsigned statement accusing city councillor Adam Vaughan of "uncharacteristically threaten[ing] to use his office to damage the University's interests in various ways," while Harbord Village Residents' president Rory (Gus) Sinclair threatened to "[go] to war" with the university. The incendiary back-and-forth over the residence contributed to Toronto City Council's rejection of the proposal. It would be unfair to lay the blame for this fiasco on Naylor alone, but as president, community and public relations were part of his responsibility.It seems fortunate, then, that incoming president Gertler's academic background is in urban geography and economics. Gertler seems well-suited to ameliorate the often-strained relationship between the university and surrounding communities. In an interview with The Globe and Mail, Gertler stated that he sees "a real opportunity for the U of T to play an expanded role in city-building, and working with civic leaders." If U of T is to continue to expand, particularly if it is to finally build new residences, effective communication and compromise with its neighbours must be a priority. This is one promising area where Gertler has the opportunity to make his mark.There are also areas where Gertler seems poised to build on Naylor's successes. Gertler has already helped raise $175 million towards the Boundless campaign. He seems eager to pick up where Naylor left off in the university's fundraising efforts, saying in one interview that he enjoys fundraising. Private donations have met or exceeded expectations for several years, but this is not the only funding question that the new president will have to manage. As president, Naylor repeatedly stated that government funding is unsustainably low. In addition to expanding and improving community relations, Gertler should focus on continuing to persuade governmental bodies to invest in the university. One of Naylor's approaches to this issue has been to emphasize entrepreneurship at the university. Gertler may well continue this, but should be cautious to prevent excessive commercialization of research and ideas.Gertler's history as dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science means he does not assume the presidency with an entirely clean slate. The controversial 2010 review of the faculty, which proposed major budget cuts that included the termination of the university's Centre for Comparative Literature, drew outcry from students and faculty alike. Gertler also played a major role in implementing the university's unpopular flat fee policy, which has been a major student grievance since it was introduced. Some tension between the university's students and its president seems inevitable. Yet these high-profile and unpopular decisions mean Gertler could have an uphill battle to convince skeptical students of his good intentions. This should not, however, preclude constructive dialogue between the new president and student leaders.The impact of the president on the university is difficult to measure. Like any leader, the tone a president strikes and the example they offer can be as important as specific policies and initiatives. Gertler should model transparency and willingness to consult and compromise in the many challenging situations he will undoubtedly face. The university has, on the whole, been well-served by Naylor, but there is always more work to be done.
Meet Judy Goldring
Family of Governing Council chair has donated over $10 million to U of T
Judy Goldring, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at AGF Management, had a special reason to spend time in the library during her undergraduate career at the University of Toronto. "I loved hanging out at Emmanuel College," she says. "This will really date me, but Tears for Fears did a video at Emmanuel College, and I loved going into Emmanuel College and saying 'This is where the video was done.'"Four generations of the Goldring family have attended U of T, including Judy and her brother Blake, both of whom graduated from Victoria University, and both of whom have individually donated over $1 million to the university. The Goldring family has made numerous donations to the university. The most visible signs of its generosity are the recently opened Goldring Student Centre at Victoria University and the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport, currently under construction on Devonshire. "One of our family principles is to give back to your alma mater," Goldring explains.Goldring's experience as a commuter student informed the decision to contribute to the Victoria student centre. "We're really so honoured and proud and humbled to be able to put a building that we think will help integrate the commuter students, to have a place for not just commuter students but also [residence] students, and it's a place of meeting."Goldring believes that the development of projects like the two Goldring centres must involve consultation and dialogue between donors and the administration. The student centre at Victoria created some controversy when it was first proposed in 2008, with students voting in a referendum that approved a $100 ancillary fee to pay for one-third of the $21 million building. Goldring says the decision of students to support the project at the time was inspiring. "I think that's exactly what donations are all about; that's exactly why if there's a vote and people will support it, it's because they want to make sure they're improving the time for the student experience after they're gone, and that's exactly what we wanted to see happen with the Goldring Student Centre."The connection to Victoria is obvious, but why high performance sport? Goldring says her father, the late C. Warren Goldring, co-founder of financial firm AGF Management, believed in a well-balanced life. "I did joke with him, 'There are no Olympians in my side of the family,'" she remembers, "but he was a firm believer about having that element of your life fulfilled, and it is about having all parts of your life in a positive way, and that's what the Goldring Centre for High Performance does."Health is a particular topic of interest for Goldring; her husband has Type 1 diabetes, and she has previously co-chaired the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) Ride for Research charity event. According to Goldring, the quality of research being conducted at institutions like U of T is particularly important: "In terms of the research excellence that's done here, you do see organizations like JDRF benefitting from phenomenal research, and research does make a difference in managing diseases like diabetes."Goldring believes that it is important for students to take care of their health. "You've got a lot of pressure; students today are under a lot of stress, and the pressure to perform and succeed in a very competitive environment is a challenge," she admits. "But it is a good message to get out — to get out and do that, keep active, keep healthy, eat right."Goldring's contributions to U of T go beyond the remarkable sums she has donated. She has been a member of the University of Toronto's Governing Council for four years, serving as its vice-chair for two years before being elected to the role of chair on July 1, 2013. "We've spoken about my love of this institution, my fond memories of it," she says. "My family connection has afforded me the opportunity to get involved, and when the opportunity came around for me to get involved with the council, I was excited to be able to give back."As Meric Gertler takes over as U of T's new president, Goldring is leading Governing Council during a period of change for the school, and she looks forward to the work. "Certainly governance, I think, can be helpful in the transition, assuring a smooth transition to support the president and the provost," she says. "We're also looking to support, where appropriate, on key defined advocacy issues as the president might define or the administration might define." Goldring emphasizes that a current key policy initiative for the Governing Council is the implementation of campus councils on the Mississauga and Scarborough campuses, an effort to respond to their growth by increasing decision-making at the local level.Goldring balances her position at the university with what she drily calls her "day job" as COO of AGF Management, a $38 billion asset management company that invests money for clients without the expertise or inclination to do so themselves. Portfolio managers at the company construct investment packages in which individuals and institutions can then choose to participate. U of T itself employs AGF's services through the University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation. "So it keeps me busy," Goldring says of her multitude of responsibilities with a smile."Some would argue there's no such thing as balance," Goldring notes, when asked how she manages to keep her complex life in order. "It's just a very busy time on campus right now, which is great. So right now, the balance is a little imbalanced, but it's okay. It's all good."The discussion eventually turns back to the business of U of T. Goldring shares what she sees as the most significant challenge for universities in Canada. "Broadly speaking, I think for all universities it's government policy around post-secondary education and sustainability of the framework that we're operating in," she says. "It's one of the more pressing issues; it's not a new issue, and it's not going to be solved in a day either." Still, Goldring is excited about the opportunities for dialogue for the schools leaders going forward, and particularly expressed great confidence in president Gertler.Perhaps she is remembering her days making friends in The Buttery, or reading in her favourite quiet spaces around Vic, or being awestruck by the building in which Tears for Fears filmed a video (yesterday's Mean Girls and Convocation Hall, one might say). At any rate, there is context that makes the words Goldring utters in conclusion just a little more meaningful. "Enjoy your time here," she says. "It goes by quickly."
Build new structures, or renovate?
Maintenance on existing infrastructure neglected as donors choose to contribute to new projects
The parking lot on St. George Street behind Convocation Hall will soon be covered in scaffolding, with work on the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering's Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CEIE) scheduled to be completed in late 2016.U of T's $2 billion Boundless campaign aims to fund a large number of new buildings and capital projects, including building the Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the expansion and renovation of the Faculty of Law, and the renovation of the north building at UTM. Some university figures, however, have suggested that the way the university tries to attract donor contributions and provincial funding structures for capital projects incentivize building new over maintaining the infrastructure the university already has. This could be problematic, as buildings in need of repair go ignored while funds are diverted to new construction.The Engineering Society (EngSoc) has contributed $1 million towards the costs of the building. Rishi Maharaj, former president of EngSoc, says the money came from the Skule Endowment Fund, set up in 2010 to establish a permanent endowment for the society, with the aim of eventually replacing the society's annual fee and the student contribution to the faculty's operating maintenance budget. Engineering students contribute $100 a year to the fund. "One of the provisions was that the capital could potentially be spent for something major like a new building," he explained. U of T's vice-president, advancement and the person behind Boundless. Palmer said that voluntary one-time donations — as opposed to the referendum-supported levy, used to partly fund the Goldring Student Centre at Victoria University, for example — are also a great motivating tool for donors. "That type of student giving is one of the most powerful incentives for donors and alumni to give," he explained.
Build new or renovate?
Tamer El-Diraby, an associate professor in U of T's Department of Civil Engineering, says that the university's focus on new building is partly pragmatic. "There is no politician that I am aware of that wants to cut the ribbon for the renovation of a building instead of placing the foundation stone for a new building," he said.Many of the capital projects currently underway at the university include significant renovation or maintenance components, including the north building and 1 Spadina projects. Palmer says that donors do not express a preference for new buildings at the expense of renovating the university's existing infrastructure. "I've never had a donor express to me a preference for new versus renovated [buildings]," he said. "In fact many of the biggest capital projects that we've had donors give money to are a combination of both.'The provincial government has provided $417 million in capital funding to U of T since 2003, according to figures provided by the ministry of training, colleges, and universities (TCU) (see graph above). New buildings and construction accounted for $224 million of those funds. Universities need to consider the maintenance costs associated with new buildings when they apply for funding said Brad Duguid, minister of TCU. "[When] we invest in a new capital project for a university or college, the expectation is that the maintenance of that facility will be covered under the operating budgets of the institution," he explained. "If an institution doesn't have the capability of maintaining a facility, they ought to not be applying for funding for us to build it."Palmer admitted that donors often have a similar attitude. "Deferred maintenance is often seen by people as the responsibility of the system, of the university, to maintain things correctly," he explained. "I have never had much success in going to a donor with a pitch to have their funds allocated towards deferred maintenance." Last week, in responding to questions about deferred maintenance, the university administration indicated that it believes provincial funding levels are currently insufficient, and that it is lobbying the Ontario government on the matter.
Why are we expanding?
Duguid says new infrastructure is key to maintaining the reputation and ranking of Ontario's universities. "There's no question that the deferred maintenance issue is a pressure," he admitted. "At the same time, we also have the pressure of ensuring that we're continuing to provide a globally-competitive education experience to our students."Enrollment at the university has increased significantly in recent decades, with the total number of full-time students at U of T growing from 55,127 in 2000–2001 to 80,899 in 2012–2013. Michael Kurts, assistant vice-president of strategic communications and marketing, said in an email that "demand for PSE has increased due to population increases combined with increasing participation rates," leading to a growth in enrollment.These new students need new space, faculty and infrastructure. "U of T cannot say to students, 'We will not have classrooms for you.' We cannot say to a chair of a department, 'We cannot have a secretary for you.' We cannot tell students, 'We will not have professors to teach you,'" said El-Diraby. The result, he said, is that maintenance gets deferred because it is the only cost that can be delayed.Palmer emphasized that the Boundless campaign reflects the priorities set by academic units within the university. "All the priorities for the campaigns begin with academic priorities, that are approved in academic plans by the divisions, and they have to be approved by the provost."The ability of a project to attract funding does play a significant role in the planning process, however. Maharaj said that during the initial planning stage for the CEIE, the faculty created a document detailing how the building's space would be used, broken up into four or five blocks. "Each one of those blocks was based on some type of concept of some type of donor that they would be able to reach with the idea for that space."The university has repeatedly emphasized that donors do not try to interfere with the academic priorities or planning of faculties or departments. Brad Evoy, external commissioner of the University of Toronto Graduate Students' Union (GSU), however, says that donor participation affects what the university is able to fund. "It's much more about building a new program, building a new thing — something that seems cutting-edge," he argued. "But it's not so much about the bread-and-butter basics of the university."Palmer said attracting and retaining donors is dependent on their willingness to give to specific areas of the university's need. "It is almost impossible to steer a donor to an area of interest where they have no interest," he said. "It essentially is not sensible to even try, because donors — it's their money, they can give it to whatever worthy charitable cause they wish, and there's plenty of competition out there."
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One year ago, Lee's Summit finished 7-10-1. The Tigers scored 27 goals and gave up 27 goals.
Now Lee's Summit is 14-4-1 and the champion of Class 3 District 13 after beating Lee's Summit West 4-1 May 22 in the title game at Raymore-Peculiar. And these Tigers have outscored their opponents 71-16 while giving up less than a goal a game.
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"It's been a little bit of a drought," Wiebenga said. "Five years is too long. We've been through a lot of ups and downs the past year."
Powering the Tigers' upswing has been a multifaceted offense, which features seven players who have scored five or more goals. Three Tigers scored against West – Maddie Souder twice, Jacque Sampson and Courtney Killian.
Lee's Summit took a 2-0 lead on two quick goals midway through the first half. Souder scored the first one on a breakaway, and Sampson had hers three minutes later.
Sampson, who leads the Tigers with 12 goals and 19 assists, took a cross from Killian and flicked the ball in off her head.
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The Atlanta Falcons take their outstanding scoring machine back to the Georgia Dome tonight, Monday Sept 17th, where they face the Denver Broncos for some Monday Night Football. They last met in 2008 when the Broncos won 24-20, in Atlanta. Both teams won in their season openers, and now someone has to walk away losers this week. Here is the NFL Point Spreads 2012 Week 2 Monday Night Football Game. NFL sportsbooks have the Falcons as -3 point home favorites over the Broncos with the over/under set at 52 points. We recommend you check out the latest NFL Point Spreads heading into the second week of the 2012 NFL season.
Denver (1-0) got a big a second-half eruption that propelled the Broncos to a thrilling 31-19 victory over the powerhouse Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 1. Making his first regular-season start since 2010, Peyton Manning threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns in the first half. Manning worked most of his magic over the final two quarters, completing 9-of-12 passes for 155 yards against one of the league's premier defenses. Denver's defense did its part as well, sacking Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger five times.
Peyton Manning has a good understanding of how you're trying to defend him. If you give him pre- snap reads, he's going to know where to go with the football. Manning could simply find the weak link and pick on him. Chris Owens, who has had an up-and-down career as a DB with the Falcons, will be on the hot seat in the slot because the Broncos figure to cycle all of their receivers during the game.
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Atlanta (1-0) had an impressive 40-24 triumph over Kansas City in the usually hostile environment of Arrowhead Stadium in their opener. Quarterback Matt Ryan racked up 299 passing yards which accounted for four touchdowns. Rising star wide receiver Julio Jones was equally as unstoppable registering 108 yards and two touchdowns on six catches.
The Falcons now take their formidable scoring machine back to the Georgia Dome, where the team averaged nearly 30 points per game last year and owns a stellar 26-4 regular-season mark in outings that Ryan has started since 2008.
"They can do it all," Denver defensive end Elvis Dumervil said of the Falcons. "They can run, throw the ball, throw screens, slow down the rush. They do a variety of different things. They're a well-coached team."
Cornerback Brent Grimes suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon tear against the Chiefs, leaving the secondary in a short-handed state as it prepares to face one of the sport's all-time greats in Manning.
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There are two major determinants of cellular data network speeds. The first is the physical broadcast infrastructure, which takes into account factors such as number of towers, placement, type of spectrum, and
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Real world performance isn't far behind. Deutsche Telekom observed real world speeds of 400 Gbps during a 734 km round-trip along a single-optical fiber test channel running between Hanover and the capital city of Berlin.
400 Gbps is a pretty impressive figure, given that the current fastest deployed fiber networks
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Deutsche Telekom describes the breakthrough in terms that surely would rile the Recording Industry Association of America -- "A collection of 3,696 CDs could thus be transferred over a single optical fiber — a strand thinner than a human hair — at the same time."
The cutting edge research is part of the company's "Optically Supported IP Router Interfaces" (OSIRIS) project.
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For the professional network and electrical engineers T-Mobile offers up some juicy techical tidbits:
The Telekom OSIRIS (Optically Supported IP Router Interfaces) research project realized transmission at a speed of 512 Gbit/s (400 Gbit/s usable bit rate) on a 100 GHz wavelength channel over a distance of 734 km, thus demonstrating a spectral sensitivity of 5 bits/s/Hz in the Deutsche Telekom network.
This tremendous transmission performance was reached using innovative transmission technology with two carrier frequencies, two polarization planes, 16-QAM quadrature amplitude modulation and digital offline signal processing for the equalization of fiber influences with soft-FEC forward error correction decoding in the receiver.
The WDM transmission link consisted of a total of 14 standard single-mode fiber sections with dispersion compensation as required for the neighboring conventional 10 Gbit/s channels.
The high optical input powers of the conventional 10 Gbit/s channels and the dispersion compensation in the fiber sections interfere with the innovative transmission technology due to nonlinearities, including self-phase modulation by the higher input power and cross-phase modulation by the adjacent channels. Despite these worst-case conditions, it was possible to demonstrate the transfer of the innovative high-speed signal simultaneously with conventional 10 Gbit/s signals in adjacent channels in an existing system.
So what's the best part about the new technology? It requires no fiber replacement -- it merely requires new receivers/transmitters. Deutsche Telekom's T-Labs believes that it is read for commercialization, once the technology is incorporated into the
terminal equipment
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New Police Facility
This page will be dedicated to updating the community on the progress of building the new police facility. We will be posting updates as they occur. Please check back frequently for new updates.
9-08-2016If you've been keeping an eye on our new building site, you'll have noticed that all the tree-clearing has been completed and many piles of dirt have been relocated. Our general contractor, RFC Construction, has been busy preparing the construction site, now that a "Notice to Proceed" has been signed. With all the paperwork in place, you'll now see much more activity on the site. The official construction start date is coupled with a completion date of October 19, 2017. This just leaves a little over a year to finalize all the hard work and preparation to see this project through to completion. Below are just a few projects that are getting underway:
- The security fence is being tightened and a new gate was installed facing Depeyster St. that construction vehicles will utilize.
- Temporary electricity and water outlets are being finalized for use.
- Construction trailers are being brought on site.
- Silt fencing has been placed to ensure that debris from water run-off, construction tires, etc, doesn't enter into storm water basins during the construction project.
- Soil inspections are being conducted to ensure compatibility for foundation work to ensue.
- Foundation work is scheduled to begin September 12th.
- Passage of all city required documents being reviewed and approved by the appropriate city departments. (Planning and Zoning, Building Department, Architectural Review Board, etc.)
- Met with representatives from the Department of Corrections who reviewed and approved our jail designs and policies.
- Early site package bid process and approval for Woodford Excavating. They have begun clearing the land of trees, stumps, asphalt and concrete. They are also responsible for delivery of concrete pipe and other structures, fence relocation, utility relocation, installing a new hydrant, etc. They have begun working on the site and preparing it for construction to continue through the month of June.
- Finalized the contruction documents to prepare for bidding of a general contractor. Public bidding and meeting for responses and questions related to construction. Lowest bidder review and vetting process for RFC Contracting Inc. is currently taking place. RFC has been given a favorable review and will be recommended to council as the project General Contractor.
- Budget review and updates have been a continuous process throughout the project in order to stay on pace to keep it affordable, to minimize cost overruns and to efficiently manage and utilize public resources responsibly.
- 3/1/2016 Building Department to receive 100% plans for final plan review.
- 3/1/2016 Planning Commission Meeting
- 3/2/2016 Presentation to Kent City Council
- 3/8/2016 Phase 2 & 3 ODRC State Jail Inspector Plan Review
- 3/15/2016 Comments from Building Department to DSA
- 3/16/2016 Legal Notice for NPB General Contractor
- 4/13/2016 Bid Opening (4-weeks post first legal notice)
- 4/20/2016 Scope Review and Pre Award Meeting with Selected Contractor
- 4/28/2016 Board of Control Memo
- 5/4/2016 Board of Control Meeting and hopeful approval
- 5/5/2016 Notice of Award (start contract execution)
- 5/15/2016 Contract Award and Notice to Proceed
Ground Breaking
7-15-2016On Tuesday, July 12th, the Kent Police Department broke ground for our new police building. Those attending the event included City Manager Dave Ruller, Mayor Jerry Fiala, City Council members, KPD members (both past and present), the DSA team who is designing the building, Kent residents and supporters.
Thank you everyone who made this possible!
6-09-2016Since the last update in February, the new PD project team has been hard at work with many behind the scenes duties necessary to ensure a fluid and seamless construction project. Some of those duties include:
We are hopeful that Woodford Excavating finds minimal issues with the site preparation and utility relocation so that we may keep pace with a desired July target for construction to begin. You can find a timeline of events by clicking here. You must have Adobe® Reader to view the file.
We have also been discussing a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the construction process. Stay tuned for a public announcement for that event coming soon!
2-19-2016As you may have read in the paper, the Architectural Review Board granted a Certificate of Appropriateness to DS Architects for the new PD building plans. DS Architects took the Board's comments from the February 2nd meeting, making revisions to exterior signs, colors and design details.
On Monday, February 15th, the building designs received approval of 6 variances through the Board of Zoning Appeals. DS Architects will next take the plans to the Planning Commission for site plan approval which will be held March 1st.
Internally, KPD staff and all other interested parties are reviewing the 90% completed designs for completeness and functionality of the building. These steps are crucial to enhance fluidity of construction documents, avoiding added expenses and further delays in the project.
Looking forward, we anticipate:
If all of the above dates are met, then the following can occur:
Using 30 days for shop drawings, submittals, General Contractor buy out of the project and enter into Sub Contract Agreements, then mid-June construction would start. 170 days (24 weeks or 5.5 months) to have construction progress to the point that the envelope of the building is sufficiently done to allow work to continue through the winter without additional winterization costs being incurred.
11-19-2015Contracts are being executed now for GCS Industries LTD for the asbestos removal from most identified structures on the new PD building site. We are hopeful that this work can begin in the next few weeks. Butcher and Sons Inc. has received the award for structure demolition on the site. They will work in conjunction with GCS to demolish and remove all identified structure debris from the site. It is estimated that all this site work could be completed by Christmas.
GCS Industries has also been contracted to investigate the asbestos remediation in our current building. This work will be in conjunction with the College St. site under the same contract.
10-09-2015The most current information on the plans for the new Police building is in relation to the site itself. September 15th was the deadline for the last properties purchased to be vacated. The deadline meant that no occupants had resided there for over a month and the former property owner no longer has access to the property. The structures on site have experienced vandalism, arson and accumulated waste to which the city is sensitive and is beginning to remedy now.
During the week of October 12th the structures will be boarded up in an attempt to keep trespassers and vandals out. This is being done to protect those from physical injury and not necessarily to protect the structures.
During either the week of October 12th or the 19th construction fencing will also be erected to secure the work site in preparation for asbestos remediation and finally razing the buildings. Asbestos remediation may take a month for the work to be completed. The city is currently advertising for those bid packages. It is estimated that the razing of the properties may not take place until sometime in January.
The DS Architecture Group has been working hard as they end the schematic design phase and have been working on design development. During the Design Development phase, the architect establishes the building's relationships, forms, size and overall appearance through further development of the floor plans, sections, elevations, typical construction details, and equipment layouts. Preliminary specifications, which identify major building materials and systems and establish quality standards are also introduced during this phase.
12-19-2014Click here for a virtual tour.
12-03-2014The Kent Police Department and architect group Dave Sommers and Associates are proud to provide a few renderings of the new police building. These renderings were unveiled to Kent City Council on December 3rd in an informative presentation. The architects have studied and designed the building, taking into account a variety of factors to include site layout, elevations, views, other architectural styles, functionality, solar pathways, sustainability, sustainable local building materials and public accessibility, to name only a few. City Council members had favorable comments and commended the architectural firm on their efforts so far. The floor plans and building renderings are still works-in-progress but we are excited to offer some first looks here.
|This view of the police building is from the NW corner, looking SE across Haymaker Parkway. From this elevation there are three visible floors to the station. Central to the building are steps that pedestrians could easily traverse to reach the main public access on the other side of the building.
|This view is looking North from the parking lot area. This is where the public would access the station easily from the parking lot area. From this elevation, only the top two floors are visible.
Click here for a Bird's Eye View of the building and site located at the SE corner of Haymaker and Depeyster St. As shown, access to the building can be gained from College Street, Tonkin Court and S. Depeyster Street.
08-22-2014The city has been busy acquiring properties for the now preferred site at the SE corner of SR 59 and S. Depeyster St. Click here Property Acquisition Update Map to view a map of the area in question. You must have Adobe® Reader to view the file. The map depicts approximately 18 properties that are desired for the building. Most properties have already settled on a purchase price and are awaiting closing of the sale. Kent City Council approved the use of eminent domain to acquire property at 14 Tonkin Ct., 224 and 228 College Ave., 227 and 233 College Ave. The green-colored properties have an agreed purchase price, the yellow-colored properties are not yet settled and the red property has not yet settled. KCC agreed to not use eminent domain on this property.
Kent City Council also voted to build the new station as an environmentally friendly "green" building. The building and construction will endure a complex LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) "silver" certification process. This process will ensure green building materials and high energy efficiency for the life of the building.
07-18-2014Since the passage of the earned income tax issue in November, much has been happening behind the scenes preparing for the construction of the new police building.
The preferred location that originally scored highest in the site selection analysis was the N/E corner of E. Summit and S. Water St. Initial environmental concerns on two of the parcels was an expense overwhelming the budget for property acquisition. Further discussion and studies deemed this location too problematic and costly for any more consideration.
March 2014 - The city selected its preferred property site, second highest rated in the site analysis study, which is located at the southeast corner of Depeyster and Haymaker Parkway, which is the dead end of College Street. After a third-party conducted a series of environmental studies, the city moved to begin property acquisition. We are currently in the process of contacting and negotiating with property owners and hope to have this complete by August 2014.
March 2014 - During this time, we also formed an Architectural Review Committee, which consisted of city staff administrators that sent out a bid for architects. After reviewing bid packages and several interview sessions, the city selected Dave Sommers & Associates, LLC. This Kent-based architectural group shares a similar vision and enthusiasm of a new police station who pride Kent as their home, a value not lost on the selection committee. We are confident they have the skills, expertise and leadership to design a building we will be proud of for decades to come.
June/July 2014 - We have met with the architects to do a space analysis to determine what space we have and what space we will need, leaving room for future growth. Part of this pre-design phase is determining relationships and adjacencies of space. These adjacencies are important to functional operations and working efficiently. Architects and police staff members have also toured new police facilities to garner some insight that other jurisdictions have experienced in new police facilities. This has been a valuable and inexpensive way to educate us along the design process.
The architect will now begin working on the layout and renderings for the building. The goal is to begin construction next summer with an 18-month build period. If all goes to plan, the building will be ready by November 2016.
11-21-2013 One of the first processes that is now taking place is the hiring of an architect. A committee has been formed involving Chief Lee and a few other city administrators to review architect qualifications. Then we will place an ad for any architects with the necessary qualifications to apply for bidding the project. The committee will review all the qualified architects and rate them until we finalize a firm. The timeline on this process is about 6 weeks to 3 months, depending on many variables. We are currently scheduled for our second meeting to begin defining qualifications of an architect.
In conjunction with the RFQ process is the beginning stages of property acquisition. The timeline on property acquisition is 6 to 18 months.
This page is dedicated to the Income Tax Issue that will be on the ballot on November 5, 2013.This is the issue that will provide the funds to build a new police department. Please check back frequently for updated information. We want the voters to learn the facts and be informed voters.
These documents are PDF files, and you must have Adobe® Reader to view these files.
The Daily Kent Stater recently published an article about the deficiencies in the Kent Police Department jail. Read the article here.
The Daily Kent Stater also interviewed Lt. Mike Lewis about the jail. See the video and read the article here.
The Record Courier published an editorial concerning Issue 4, the Income Tax Issue on October 9, 2013. Read the article here.
View two videos explaining why the City of Kent needs a new police building.
|Income Tax
|Income Tax Short Version
Income Tax Issue Brochure
The City of Kent has prepared an informational brochure regarding the proposed earned income tax. Please take a moment to read it...learn the facts. The election is November 5, 2013. Click here to see the Income Tax Issue Informational Brochure
City Services Are At Risk
08-16-2013 The City of Kent is dedicated to being open, honest and transparent with residents, and right now, our City requires a police facility that meets codes and safety guidelines.
This November, our community has two choices:
- Pass a temporary 0.25% earned income tax increase. This would allow the City to construct the needed police facility while maintaining all present city services. OR
- Significantly reduce services. The City would still construct the needed police facility using funds from the existing city services budget.
The current deteriorating and obsolete police facility … continue reading
Kent City Council is asking voters to make an investment in their safety services during the November 5, 2013 election by approving a 0.25 percent earned income tax issue that would generate about $1.3 million annually for construction of a new police facility.
This is not a permanent increase. Once the new building is paid for, the money will no longer assessed.
The current building – originally constructed in 1924 for the Kent Fire Department – has a wide range of documented physical deficiencies that continually require costly, short-term fixes.
The structure is not in compliance with modern-day building or zoning codes, National Fire Protection Association requirements, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction regulations or the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Virtual Tour
Take a virtual tour of the current police department. Hosted by Chief Lee. Each video is several minutes long and show most of the police department. Click here to go to the videos.
Facility Study
The City of Kent recently commissioned an analysis of the current police building. It is one of the more thourough examinations of the current building.
There are two parts to the study. The first was a Facility Study that defined the deficiencies that currently exist within the safety facility. The study in its entirety may be found here.
The second part of the study is an analysis of options to resolve the deficiencies found in the first study. This study in its entirety may be found here.
Space Programming
This document shows the amount of space recommended for the new facility. The recommendation is based on research done on other police facilities. Click here to see the Space Programming
Scope of Work
This document is an estimate of costs done by each stage of work. Click here to see the Scope of Work
Budget Scratch Sheet
This document is an estimate of the amount of money needed for buidling the facility, and other costs associated with aquiring a new facility. There are two sets of estimates. The bottom one is an older version, applicable to the issue voted on in 2012. The top one is the most current version. These numbers are subject to change as time goes on Click here to see the Budget Scratch Sheet
Time Line
This document is a time line indicating the amount of time it will take to build the facility. Click here to see the Time Line
Questions about the new building?
Still have questions about the new building? Click here to see the answer to some questions


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text: Wife doesnt have her ccw since she is always with me now and I do. However she wants to get one. She cant shoot as well as I can up to a 9mm. Being motorcycle riders or (oh God heres that word) bikers for short carry would be easy. She always wears a fanny pack on her side because its handy so could go that way, She always has on her vest also so a concealed carry leather vest would work too though fanny pack would likely be the preferred method for her since she could loose the vest if it simply got to hot to wear. Doenst happen often but it has.


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Nissan to Launch One New Model Every Six Weeks for Six Years
Nissan has emerged from the global economic downturn as a powerhouse, quietly growing but without grabbing headlines like Ford or Hyundai have. Now the Japanese automaker has unveiled a new business plan titled "Nissan Power 88" that aims to grow its share of the global market to 8 percent, while bringing operating profit to a sustainable 8 percent.
The strategy is a global one and includes growth in all markets. How exactly Nissan aims to do this is has been laid out, in brief, in a statement released by the automaker. First, and perhaps most impressive, is news that Nissan will launch one all-new model every six weeks, starting immediately and for the next six years. In total, Nissan aims to offer a global portfolio of 66 vehicles, competing in 92 percent of all markets and market segments.
In addition, Nissan will grow its electric vehicle size, with planned sales of EVs from the combined Renault-Nissan Alliance to hit 1.5 million units by 2016. With new green car innovations will come technological advancements of all sorts, with a planned 90 new innovations over the next six years.
The commercial vehicle arm of Nissan will also grow in significance and the automaker claims it will be the, "world's leading light commercial vehicle manufacturer" by 2016.
To help support all this growth Nissan is planning to expand its retail sales network from a current level of 6,000 points of sale, to 7,500 in the mid-term of its Power 88 plan.
And of course, what business plan would be complete without projected strong sales in emerging markets like China, where Nissan aims for a 10 percent market share. In addition, Brazil will get a new plant, while Nissan plans further expansion in India and Russia.
As for the Infiniti luxury division, it is projected to grow by more than triple, from the current 150,000 units annually to over 500,000. Along with strong branding support with its current Formula One tie-in, plans include a growth of products, with dealerships to offer at least 10 different models by the end of 2016.
"Nissan Power 88 is the roadmap for our company's profitable growth," said Nissan President and Chief Executive Officer Carlos Ghosn. "We will accelerate our growth, bringing more innovation and excitement to our products and services as well as cleaner, more affordable cars for everyone around the world, in line with the energy and environmental challenges of the 21st century."


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Have a Tax Question? Ask a Tax Expert
Will do ... hang with me here
Lets start with the actual statute law (which, here will be contained in the Code of federal regulations, Social Security, earned income)
First the citation, so you can take to an atty: 20 C.F.R. §(NNN) NNN-NNNN/span>
Here's the statute itself:
This, by the way, is an excellent way to search for attorneys, both by region, and by specialty
From Barnhard:
For purposes of judicial review of an agency's statutory interpretation, a statute is ambiguous if it does not speak directly to the precise question at issue, and the agency must use its discretion to determine how best to implement the policy embodied by the statute, and, likewise, a regulation is ambiguous if it is reasonably susceptible of more than one interpretation or if it does not expressly address a given situation
And finally (the last holding (point of law) here:
... not finding a lot re: stock ownership ... that's why the points above are pertinent (esp. as relates to what will be done in an ara of ambifuity)
Next, you should have the Evaluation Guide for business situations:
Lane, I am confused on what to do next.
Here's an issue that may be pertinent .... Return on capital is NOT considered earned income, but in this holding, it came down to the expertise and service provided that differentiated between (1) purely return on an investment and (2) earned income:
(ok let me get this one to you really quickly) Not very long and makes a crucial point:
Claimant's disability, and his entitlement to disability insurance benefits, ceased due to his substantial gainful activity as sole owner of insurance agency operated through his home; claimant's expertise generated the business revenues, and the income was not merely a return on invested capital. Social Security Act, §§ 216(i)(2)(D)(ii), 223(c), (d)(1)(A), (d)(2)(A), (f), as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 416(i)(2)(D)(ii), 423(c), (d)(1)(A), (d)(2)(A), (f); Social Security Administration Regulations, §§ 404.1574(b)(2),(NNN) NNN-NNNNa)(2, 3), (b)(1), (c)(1),(NNN) NNN-NNNNd)(4),(NNN) NNN-NNNNb, e),(NNN) NNN-NNNN(NNN) NNN-NNNNd)(5), (f)(1), 42 U.S.C.A.App. Barber v. Sullivan, 1991, 765 F.Supp. 58.
Want to tell me about nyour situation (no personally identifyig information please)
How to do this for tax lawyers instead of ssdi lawyers: http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/practicestate/social-security-disability/florida
sure just a sec
How to do this for tax lawyers instead of ssdi lawyers? http://lawyers.findlaw.com/lawyer/practicestate/social-security-disability/florida
I may be given some stock in a start-up. Will not work, but might get some value of the stock eventually.
Providing any expertise or services to the startup?
Give them my patent and explain it.
THe very best way to document tht is for it not to be regular and done as a gift
Explain this more: THe very best way to document tht is for it not to be regular and done as a gift
and then should we stop?
In my estimation, your problem there will be the exchange ... I think that there are a few different ways to treat intellectual property ... BUT if you give up all I believe it would be treated as a sale, (rather than licensing, which would probably not fly for SSDI purposes
sorry for the typo (give up all rights) this is like selling an asset (not earned incme)
Any Florida lawyer on just that in what you found above?
Just a sec
A couple of issues first - (1) Terms of service here don't allow us to recommend BUT I can do a search based on a give criteris ... and (2) ABA's rules of conduct (and FL's state regulatory bar) make it very hard for them to publish results ... but hang on
Yes, I think if you treat this as a sale of your intellectual property, this will be a capital gain and it will be most important to document this this way (as opposed to licensing or any future service or expertise
You already have this, above, but here's a good synopsis
Hang with me a minute
Yes, HEre is the definition in title 26 (IRS code) of a capital asset (intellectual property is there) This is important, because if you exchange it, it is a capital gain and that is ot earned income
Excellent. Thank you.
I will finish out now. Thanks. Excellent work.
Yes. I wanted you to take it and finish it.
I don't see the list of lawyers and firms in Florida who have gone to court on pertinent cases. But I am weak and may have to review tomorrow.
Thank you.