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Dantone interpretation is easily one of the best I have heard in recent years, and I consider it among the elite harpsichord recordings of the Goldbergs in the catalogs. His interpretations feature a compelling mix of power/energy, rhythmic lift, sharply etched phrasing, poignant refrains, playful episodes, bleak terrains and totally satisfying conversations from Bach's contrapuntal musical lines. I think it is fair to say that Dantone gives us the full measure of Bach's soundworld in excellent sonics that are crisp as well as well as abundantly rich.
The CD combines Bach's Goldberg Variations with the Metamorphosis of Philip Glass and offers a confrontation between two completely different musical worlds.
The arrangement of Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, for string trio by Russian violinist and composer Dmitry Sitkovetsky has taken on a life of its town, with multiple performances and even a sort of electronic remix by Karlheinz Essl. The appeal for string chamber groups longing to share in Bach's riches is obvious, and for audiences it appears to be another case of Bach's music standing up to whatever you do to it. Like most other annotators, Hyperion's Nigel Simeone tries to claim that the arrangement is on a par with the numerous transcriptions Bach made of his own works. It is no such thing; the string chamber texture by its nature adds expressive devices that were not of Bach's world, and he would have found Sitkovetsky's version bizarre.
Pianist Lars Vogt presents one of the classic works of the Baroque repertoire – Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685–1750) famous Goldberg Variations. Originally written for the harpsichord the Goldberg Variations, published in 1741, embody an Aria with 30 variations and a coda. Bach wrote the work for Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, who, as the narrative says, often played music as a cure for Count Kaiserling's insomnia. Apparently the work was one of the successes that Bach had during his lifetime and it was also published during his lifetime.

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RSA Laboratories
Authenticating Pervasive Devices with Human Protocols
Ari Juels
Citation: A. Juels and S. Weis. Authenticating Pervasive Devices with Human Protocols. Crypto '05.
Abstract: Forgery and counterfeiting are emerging as serious security risks in low-cost pervasive computing devices. These devices lack the computational, storage, power, and communication resources necessary for most cryptographic authentication schemes. Surprisingly, low-cost pervasive devices like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags share similar capabilities with another weak computing device: people.
These similarities motivate the adoption of techniques from human-computer security to the pervasive computing setting. This paper analyzes a particular human-to-computer authentication protocol designed by Hopper and Blum (HB), and shows it to be practical for low-cost pervasive devices. We offer an improved, concrete proof of security for the HB protocol against passive adversaries.
This paper also offers a new, augmented version of the HB protocol, named HB+, that is secure against active adversaries. The HB+, protocol is a novel, symmetric authentication protocol with a simple, low-cost implementation. We prove the security of the HB+, protocol against active adversaries based on the hardness of the Learning Parity with Noise (LPN) problem.
Full Publication List
- Soft Blocking: Flexible Blocker Tags on the Cheap
- Minimalist Cryptography for RFID Tags
- Squealing Euros: Privacy-Protection in RFID-Enabled Banknotes
- "Yoking-Proofs" for RFID Tags
- Universal Re-Encryption for Mixnets
- A Fuzzy Vault Scheme
- Making Mix Nets Robust for Electronic Voting by Randomized Partial Checking
- A Two-Server Sealed-Bid Auction Protocol
- Proprietary Certificates
- RSA Key Generation with Verifiable Randomness
- An Error-Tolerant Password Recovery Scheme
- An Optimally Robust Hybrid Mix Network
- Targeted Advertising... and Privacy Too
- Mix and Match: Secure Function Evaluation via Ciphertexts
- Addition of El Gamal Plaintexts
- Funkspiel Schemes: An Alternative to Conventional Tamper Resistance
- A Fuzzy Commitment Scheme
- Proofs of Work and Bread Pudding Protocols
- Client Puzzles: A Cryptographic Countermeasure Against Connection Depletion Attacks
- Trustee Tokens: Simple and Practical Tracing of Anonymous Digital Cash
- How to Turn Loaded Dice into Fair Coins
- A Practical Secure Physical Random Bit Generator
- X-cash: Executable Digital Cash
- Hiding Cliques for Cryptographic Security
- Security of Blind Digital Signatures. Crypto '97.
- Topics in Black-Box Combinatorial Optimization
- High-Power Proxies for Enhancing RFID Privacy and Utility
- Hillclimbing as a Baseline Method for the Evaluation of Stochastic Approximation Algorithms
- A New Two-Server Approach for Authentication with Short Secrets
- The Blocker Tag: Selective Blocking of RFID Tags for Consumer Privacy
- Parallel Mixing
- Dining Cryptographers Revisited
- New Client Puzzle Outsourcing Techniques for DoS Resistance
- Strengthening EPC Tags Against Cloning
- Security Issues in E-Passports
- Authenticating Pervasive Devices with Human Protocols
- Defining Strong Privacy for RFID
- Shoehorning Security into the EPC Standard
- RFID Security and Privacy: A Research Survey
- Security Analysis of a Cryptographically - Enabled RFID Device
- Coercion-Resistant Electronic Elections
- Fourth Factor Authentication: Somebody You Know
- Cache Cookies for Browser Authentication (Extended Abstract)
- The Security Implications of VeriChip Cloning
- Combating Click Fraud via Premium Clicks
- Vulnerabilities in first-generation RFID-enabled credit cards.
- Cryptanalysis of two lightweight RFID authentication schemes.
- PORs: Proofs of Retrievability for Large Files
- Covert Channels in Privacy-Preserving Identification Systems
- Unidirectional Key Distribution Across Time and Space with Applications to RFID Security
- Privacy-Preserving History Mining for Web Browsers
- Proofs of Retrievability: Theory and Implementation
- HAIL: A High-Availability and Integrity Layer for Cloud Storage
- EPC RFID Tag Security Weaknesses and Defenses: Passport Cards, Enhanced Drivers Licenses, and Beyond
- Defining Strong Privacy for RFID
- Power Games in RFID Security
- CCCP: Secure Remote Storage for Computational RFIDs
- The Physical Basis of RFID Security
- Coercion-Resistant Electronic Elections
- A Clean-Slate Look at Disk Scrubbing
- Exploring implicit memory for painless password recovery
- Co-Residency Detection in the Cloud via Side-Channel Analysis
- How to Tell if Your Cloud Files Are Vulnerable to Drive Crashes
- Sherlock Holmes and the Advanced Persistent Threat
- Defending against the Unknown Enemy: Applying FlipIt to System Security
- Cross-VM side channels and their use to extract private keys
- Hourglass schemes: how to prove that cloud files are encrypted
- FlipIt: The Game of "Stealthy Takeover"
- Iris: A Scalable Cloud File System with Efficient Integrity Checks
- Tailing RFID Tags for Clone Detection
- Drifting Keys: Impersonation Detection for Constrained Devices


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Leonard Harrison State Park
On the east rim of the canyon, the 585-acre Leonard Harrison State Park has modern facilities, a visitor center, and the most famous scenic views of the canyon. On the other side of the canyon is Colton Point State Park.
Hiking - Picnicking - Fishing - Hunting - Education - Camping
Seasons and Hours: The park is open every day of the year, sunrise to sunset. Day use areas close at dusk. The park office is open specific hours. Overnight areas and other areas are open specific seasons and hours. Contact the park office for facility seasons and hours.
Picnicking: Picnic tables (seven of which are covered), charcoal grills, restrooms, drinking water, and trash bins are available. Schloder Pavilion can be reserved for a fee. If unreserved, the pavilion is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Fishing: Fishing is available to those visitors who wish to make the long, steep hike down to Pine Creek. Species include trout, smallmouth bass, and panfish. Along Turkey Path Trail is the trout stream Four-Mile Run. Nearby trout streams include Marsh Creek, Stoney Fork Creek, Asaph Run, and Straight Run.
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission laws apply. Complete information on fishing rules and regulations in Pennsylvania is available from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Web site.
Hunting and Firearms: About 250 acres of Leonard Harrison are open to hunting, trapping and the training of dogs during established seasons. Common game species are deer, turkey, rabbit, pheasant, and squirrel. Hunting is also available in adjacent Tioga State Forest.
Hunting woodchucks, also known as groundhogs, is prohibited. Dog training is only permitted from the day following Labor Day through March 31 in designated hunting areas. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Game Commission rules and regulations apply. Contact the park office for ADA accessible hunting information.
Use extreme caution with firearms at all times. Other visitors use the park during hunting seasons. Firearms and archery equipment used for hunting may be uncased and ready for use only in authorized hunting areas during hunting seasons. In areas not open to hunting or during non-hunting seasons, firearms and archery equipment shall be kept in the owner's vehicle or enclosed trailer. Exceptions include: law enforcement officers and individuals with a valid Pennsylvania License to Carry Firearms are authorized to carry a firearm concealed on their person while they are within a state park.
Complete information on hunting rules and regulations in Pennsylvania is available from the Pennsylvania Game Commission Web site.
Hiking: 4.6 miles of trails
Caution! Hikers on the Turkey Path Trail should be in good physical condition, wear sturdy boots, and use caution due to slippery/wet conditions and steep trail sections.
The following guidelines will help ensure a safe and enjoyable hiking experience while at the park.
Turkey Path Trail: 2 miles round trip, most difficult hiking
Overlook Trail: 0.6 mile, more difficult hiking
Pine Creek Trail: The 62-mile Pine Creek Trail is a multi-use trail for hiking, bicycling, and cross-country skiing. Located at the bottom of the Pine Creek Gorge, one mile of this trail is in Leonard Harrison State Park.
Trail users can view dramatic rock outcrops, waterfalls, and wildlife like eagle, osprey, coyote, deer, wild turkey, heron, river otter, black bear, and many others. Diverse plant life, scattered old-growth timber, historic pine and spruce plantations, and several foundations from the Civilian Conservation Corps era can be found along the trail.
Giftshop: The gift shop is open from late April to late October as staffing allows. Call the park office for times and seasonal changes. All proceeds benefit Pennsylvania State Parks. Water, soda, and juice vending machines are available from late April to late October.
Stay the Night
Camping: flush toilets, warm showers, some electric hook-ups
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Free Camping for Campground Hosts: 1 host position
Environmental Education and Interpretation
An environmental interpretor presents resource-oriented programs and interpretive walks April through October. Major topics and seasonal programs include: Watershed Education, astronomy, fall color, old-fashioned cider squeezing, and summer campfire programs. Educational information is available at the visitor center or park office.
The environmental interpretive center at the Leonard Harrison main overlook is open during the summer season through the fall foliage season. A video and educational displays interpret the area and its wildlife. Call the park office for visitor center hours or to schedule an appointment for a group tour.
Explore the Calendar of Events for a listing of upcoming events.
Explore environmental education and interpretation for more information.
Access for People with Disabilities
If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the park you plan to visit.
In an Emergency
Call 911 and contact a park employee.
Nearest Hospital
The Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania
Leonard Harrison and Colton Point state parks are on opposite sides of Pine Creek Gorge, also called the "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania." Many scenic vistas offer spectacular views into the 800-foot-deep, glacial floodwater-carved canyon. The scenery at these parks is superb in every season of the year and is especially stunning in late September through mid-October. The large abundance of deciduous hardwood trees display beautiful autumn shades of yellow, orange, red, and purple. Pockets of evergreen trees provide a dash of green year round.
Pine Creek Gorge begins just south of Ansonia, along US 6 and continues south for about 47 miles. At its deepest point, the gorge is 1,450 feet deep and nearly one mile wide. At Leonard Harrison and Colton Point state parks, the depth of the gorge is about 800 feet and these parks have the most spectacular scenic overlooks.
Many recreational opportunities are available in the gorge. Some of these activities are regulated by the Bureau of State Parks or by the Bureau of Forestry, which have slightly different rules and regulations. Visitors can hike, mountain bike, ride horses, fish, birdwatch, hunt, camp, and seasonally whitewater boat.
Formation of the Canyon
Until about 20,000 years ago, Pine Creek flowed northeasterly. Then the Laurentide Continental Glacier, which covered most of northern North America, moved into the area, pushing rocks, soil and other debris, which dammed Pine Creek, forming a lake near Ansonia.
The abundant glacial meltwater eventually overflowed the debris dam, reversing the flow of Pine Creek to its current southerly flow. The meltwater swiftly carved a deep channel. Thousands of years of erosion by Pine Creek has continued to carve the spectacular Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania.
Explore natural areas for more information.
For detailed information on the geology of the Pine Creek Gorge, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey created the brochure Trail of Geology 5 Park Guide, Leonard Harrison and Colton Point State Parks.
Fall Foliage
Leonard Harrison and Colton Point state parks offer outstanding opportunities for fall leaf viewing. Shortening daylight, cool nights and warm days, wind, and adequate moisture through the preceding seasons factor in the brilliance of the fall foliage. These factors also determine when the leaves will change in the gorge. Droughts, wind, and cold temperatures can cause leaves to drop early in the fall. The timing of the fall foliage varies from year to year. However, the first three weeks in October provide a spectrum of fall foliage.
The overlooks at Leonard Harrison offer the best view of the entire gorge. The drive up Colton Road to Colton Point State Park and the four overlooks offer spectacular fall foliage viewing opportunities.
General Fall Foliage Colors of Trees
Red: red maple, red oak, black cherry, sumac, sassafras
Yellow/Orange: sugar maple, hickories, sycamore, basswood, aspen, tulip poplar, birches, chestnut oak, serviceberry, black walnut
Brown: white oak, black oak, beech
Human Influence on the Canyon
American Indians used the Pine Creek Gorge as a major travel route. Pine Creek Trail follows the same general route as the original path. Just north of the park, at Ansonia, was a seasonal hunting camp called "Big Meadow."
The lumbering of the native white pine and later, the hemlock and assorted hardwoods, led to the settlement of the area. Each spring, logs were floated in huge rafts to mills at Williamsport. Lumber from this area helped to make Williamsport the lumber capital of the world in the 1880s. Hemlock bark was peeled and hauled to several local tanneries to turn hides into leather. By the 1900s, only a few small areas of native forest were untouched in all of Pennsylvania.
Due to the mass deforestation, massive forest fires, and unregulated hunting and trapping, the wildlife populations declined greatly in the commonwealth. White-tailed deer, beaver, and elk were reintroduced to the state in the early 1900s. More recent additions to the canyon include the reintroduction of river otters in 1983 and fishers in the mid-1990s. Bald eagles, once an endangered species, began nesting in the gorge in the late 1980s.
Prior to being a world-class multi-use trail, Pine Creek Trail was an active railroad. The Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railway Company began in 1883 by carrying timber to the sawmills in Tiadaghton, Cammal, and Slate Run. The railroad also transported coal north to New York State and vast amounts of hemlock bark to several local tanneries for use in the leather industry. By 1896, the railroad was carrying seven million tons of freight and three passenger trains on daily runs between Wellsboro Junction and Williamsport.
The railroad changed hands several times and was eventually taken over by Conrail. The last train passed through the canyon on October 7, 1988. Today, the rail line has taken on a new life as a part of the state's extensive network of railtrails.
In 1968, 12 miles of the canyon were designated a National Natural Landmark by the U. S. Department of the Interior. In 1993, the gorge became a State Park Natural Area, which will protect it in a natural state for future generations. In 1992, Pine Creek was designated a Pennsylvania Scenic River.
Park History
Leonard Harrison State Park honors Leonard Harrison (1850-1929) of Wellsboro. Mr. Harrison was a civic-minded businessman and banker who contributed his time, energy, and finances to the betterment of his home community. Leonard Harrison State Park originally consisted of 121 acres and was called "The Lookout."
Mr. Harrison owned and developed the area as a public picnic ground. He gave the area to the commonwealth in 1922. The park was further developed by the boys of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp S-155-PA Darling Run during the mid-1930s. A bronze monument to the CCC's achievements is on the overlook. Additional lands were added to the park in the late 1940s.
For more information on the CCC explore the CCC Years.
Keep in Touch
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Like to spend time in the outdoors, meet friendly people and help make Pennsylvania State Parks great? Volunteering at a park might be for you.
Becoming a Conservation Volunteer is easy.
Scouts and organized groups can earn free camping by completing service projects.
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation
Believing that each generation is responsible for leaving behind a better legacy of good conservation, the Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation (PPFF) was created in 1999 to give supporters and users of Pennsylvania's parks and forests a positive way to contribute to the conservation of our publicly-owned properties. The Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation welcomes the support of individuals and businesses who share a commitment to conserving, protecting, and enhancing the natural, scenic, and recreational areas of this commonwealth. www.paparksandforests.org
Make a Donation
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To a park or the Bureau of State Parks - Pennsylvania Parks and Forestry Foundation www.paparksandforests.org
Through a purchase at a park gift shop
Thank you for your support!
Education Programs
We love when young people ask us how to get involved!
DiscoverE has programs for young people ages 4 to 17, provided by Pennsylvania State Park educators. By combining recreation and education, we hope to motivate children to learn more and return often, leading to a lifetime of outdoor enjoyment and conservation leadership.
In Watershed Education, teachers and students assess water quality of a local stream on a quarterly basis and develop strategies to solve local water quality problems.
ECO Camp - Exploring Careers Outdoors - is a week-long residential camp for a cross-section of high school youth from across Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Participate in action-packed, hands on activities and recreational adventures in Pennsylvania's state parks and forests that expose youth to conservation, recreation and careers in natural resources. Learn how people make a living working in the outdoors.
Explore education for more information on these and other programs.
Explore the Calendar of Events to find a program near you.
Do you take conservation personally? iConservePA is a Web site managed by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources whose vision is to inspire citizens to value their natural resources, engage in conservation practices and experience the outdoors. Take conservation personally.
Come Work with Us
Pennsylvania State Parks and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources offer a wide range of civil service and non-civil service jobs, from foresters, to rangers, to engineers, to educators, to botanists and so much more. Learn what is currently available.
Tell us What You Think
Contact this park with compliments, concerns and issues about the park.
Leonard Harrison State Park
Nearby Attractions
Information on nearby attractions is available from:
Visit Potter Tioga. https://visitpottertioga.com
the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce www.wellsboropa.com
Horseback trail rides, covered wagon rides, mountain biking, road bicycling, seasonal whitewater rafting, canoeing and kayaking, as well as airplane rides are available from private sources in the area.
Just across the canyon lies Colton Point State Park which has camping, hiking and scenic views.
The 159,466-acre Tioga State Forest provides timber products, wildlife habitat, and recreation.
Explore Pennsylvania Wilds
Pennsylvania Wilds is two million acres of public lands for hiking, biking, fishing, boating, hunting, and exploration in northcentral Pennsylvania.
Highlights of the area are elk watching at the Elk Country Visitor Center, scenic PA Route 6, Pine Creek Gorge (PA Grand Canyon), the darkest skies in the east at Cherry Springs State Park, and hundreds of miles of backpacking trails, bike paths, and trout fishing streams. www.pawilds.com
Maps and Downloadables
Below are many of the maps and publications for this park. You can read them or download them and might need special software (all free) to view the publications.
You must have the free Adobe Reader to view the maps and brochures that are in pdf format (.pdf).
Alternate versions of the text of the brochures are in rich text and text formats. Click on the files to view them. To download (.rtf) files:
Recreational Guide
Leonard Harrison and Colton Point State Parks Map (.pdf) (1,406 kb, 6/16)
The Interactive GIS Map uses Geographic Information Systems to create a map that does not need to be downloaded and features driving directions, searchable park amenities and customizable maps. Please note that the background maps are maintained by a variety of public sources and driving directions usually go to the nearest large road.
Interactive GIS Map
Campground Map
Leonard Harrison State Park Campground Map (.pdf) (599 kb, 9/16)
Directions Map
Leonard Harrison State Park Directions Map (.pdf) (202 kb, 3/11)
To reach Leonard Harrison State Park on the eastern rim, take PA 660 west from Wellsboro for ten miles.
GPS DD: Lat. 41.698 Long. -77.45156
Driving Directions: The Interactive GIS Map has turn-by-turn driving directions to the park office from the Park Information Window. Please note that the background maps are maintained by a variety of public sources and driving directions usually go to the nearest large road.
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Following up on yesterday's post, this will be a two-part series of posts on the Supreme Court of Canada conflict of laws trilogy in:
Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda, 2012 SCC 17 ("Van Breda");
Éditions Écosociété Inc. v. Banro Corp., 2012 SCC 18 ("Banro") and
Breeden v. Black, 2012 SCC 19. ("Black").
In Part I, I will critically analyze the Van Breda decision and its implications to Canadian conflict of laws generally. In Part II, I will discuss the Banro and Black decisions from the perspective of internet defamation, corporate liability, choice of law and libel tourism.
Club Resorts Ltd. v. Van Breda/Charron Estate v. Bel Air Travel Group Ltd
The appeals in Van Breda and Charron involved the issue of when Ontario courts should assume jurisdiction over out-of-province defendants involving personal injury damages occasioned as a result of accidents suffered by Canadian tourists at resorts in Cuba. One lesson in these cases is one should be careful when vacationing in Cuba.In Van Breda, Morgan Van Breda was rendered a quadriplegic, while using a chin up bar on a beach in Cuba. In Charron, Claude Charron, a certified diver, died while scuba diving, also in Cuba. Actions were brought in Ontario against a number of parties, including the appellant, Club Resorts Ltd., a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands that managed the two hotels where the accidents occurred. Club Resorts challenged jurisdiction of the Ontario court, and, in the alternative, that a Cuban court was forum conveniens. In both cases, the motion judges found that the Ontario courts had jurisdiction with respect to the actions against Club Resorts. With respect to forum non conveniens, the motion judges each held that Ontario court was clearly a more appropriate forum. The two cases were heard together in the Court of Appeal, which dismissed both appeals.
1. The Supreme Court of Canada's Decision
In Van Breda, Justice LeBel, writing for the unanimous Supreme Court of Canada ( Binnie and Charron JJ. took no part in the judgment) endeavours to clarify and elaborate upon the "real and substantial connection" test as an appropriate common law conflicts rule for the assumption of jurisdiction.
The first part of the judgment traces the history of the "real and substantial connection" test under Canadian common law, citing the leading Supreme Court of Canada conflict of laws decisions in the last few decades. LeBel J. distills the conflict of laws jurisprudence down into the fundamentally dual nature of the "real and substantial" test as both a constitutional principle and as the organizing principle of the law of conflicts:
[29] But, in the common law, the nature of the conflicts rules that would accord with the constitutional imperative has remained largely undeveloped in this Court's jurisprudence. Although the real and substantial connection test has been consistently applied both as a constitutional test and as a principle of private international law, since Hunt, the Court has generally declined to articulate the content of the private international law rules that would satisfy the test's constitutional requirements or to develop a framework for them. The Court has continued to affirm the relevance and importance of the test and has even extended it to foreign judgments, but without attempting to elaborate upon the rules it requires (see Beals, at paras. 23 and 28, per Major J.).
Justice LeBel adds that a constitutionally limiting test on the powers of a province's legislature and courts does not require uniformity across Canada. However, judicial discretion must be judiciously avoided:
[73] Given the nature of the relationships governed by private international law, the framework for the assumption of jurisdiction cannot be an — however laudable the objective of individual fairness may be. As La Forest J. wrote in Morguard, there must be order in the system, and it must permit the development of a just and fair approach to resolving conflicts. Justice and fairness are undoubtedly essential purposes of a sound system of private international law. But they cannot be attained without a system of principles and rules that ensures security and predictability in the law governing the assumption of jurisdiction by a court. Parties must be able to predict with reasonable confidence whether a court will assume jurisdiction in a case with an international or interprovincial aspect. The need for certainty and predictability may conflict with the objective of fairness. An unfair set of rules could hardly be considered an efficient and just legal regime. The challenge is to reconcile fairness with the need for security, stability and efficiency in the design and implementation of a conflict of laws system.
LeBel J. further acknowledges the need for certainty and predictability in establishing a jurisdictional test based on a set of specific factors given presumptive effect, eschewing an "unstable,ad hoc system made up "on the fly" on a case-by-case basis" (at para. 73) composed of of "a regime based on an exercise of almost pure and individualized judicial discretion." (at para. 75).
2. The New (But Not Improved) Real and Substantial Connection Test
When I first wrote about the Van Breda decision, I likened the Court of Appeal's jurisdictional analysis to a nine-headed Lernaean Hydra requiring a Herculean effort to apply judicially. While the Supreme Court of Canada has chopped off a number of the heads, what remains is elusively serpentine.
According to LeBel J., the Van Breda test has been further modified as follows:
[90] To recap, in a case concerning a tort, the following factors are presumptive connecting factors that, prima facie, entitle a court to assume jurisdiction over a dispute:
(a) the defendant is domiciled or resident in the province;
(b) the defendant carries on business in the province;
(c) the tort was committed in the province; and
(d) a contract connected with the dispute was made in the province.
(b) Identifying New Presumptive Connecting Factors
[91] As I mentioned above, the list of presumptive connecting factors is not closed. Over time, courts may identify new factors which also presumptively entitle a court to assume jurisdiction. In identifying new presumptive factors, a court should look to connections that give rise to a relationship with the forum that is similar in nature to the ones which result from the listed factors. Relevant considerations include:
(a) Similarity of the connecting factor with the recognized presumptive connecting factors;
(b) Treatment of the connecting factor in the case law;
(c) Treatment of the connecting factor in statute law; and
(d) Treatment of the connecting factor in the private international law of other legal systems with a shared commitment to order, fairness and comity.
[92] When a court considers whether a new connecting factor should be given presumptive effect, the values of order, fairness and comity can serve as useful analytical tools for assessing the strength of the relationship with a forum to which the factor in question points. These values underlie all presumptive connecting factors, whether listed or new. All presumptive connecting factors generally point to a relationship between the subject matter of the litigation and the forum such that it would be reasonable to expect that the defendant would be called to answer legal proceedings in that forum. Where such a relationship exists, one would generally expect Canadian courts to recognize and enforce a foreign judgment on the basis of the presumptive connecting factor in question, and foreign courts could be expected to do the same with respect to Canadian judgments. The assumption of jurisdiction would thus appear to be consistent with the principles of comity, order and fairness.
[93] If, however, no recognized presumptive connecting factor — whether listed or new — applies, the effect of the common law real and substantial connection test is that the court should not assume jurisdiction. In particular, a court should not assume jurisdiction on the basis of the combined effect of a number of non-presumptive connecting factors. That would open the door to assumptions of jurisdiction based largely on the case-by-case exercise of discretion and would undermine the objectives of order, certainty and predictability that lie at the heart of a fair and principled private international law system.
[94] Where, on the other hand, a recognized presumptive connecting factor does apply, the court should assume that it is properly seized of the subject matter of the litigation and that the defendant has been properly brought before it. In such circumstances, the court need not exercise its discretion in order to assume jurisdiction. It will have jurisdiction unless the party challenging the assumption of jurisdiction rebuts the presumption resulting from the connecting factor. I will now turn to this issue.
[100] To recap, to meet the common law real and substantial connection test, the party arguing that the court should assume jurisdiction has the burden of identifying a presumptive connecting factor that links the subject matter of the litigation to the forum. In these reasons, I have listed some presumptive connecting factors for tort claims. This list is not exhaustive, however, and courts may, over time, identify additional presumptive factors. The presumption of jurisdiction that arises where a recognized presumptive connecting factor — whether listed or new — exists is not irrebuttable. The burden of rebutting it rests on the party challenging the assumption of jurisdiction. If the court concludes that it lacks jurisdiction because none of the presumptive connecting factors exist or because the presumption of jurisdiction that flows from one of those factors has been rebutted, it must dismiss or stay the action, subject to the possible application of the forum of necessity doctrine, which I need not address in these reasons. If jurisdiction is established, the claim may proceed, subject to the court's discretion to stay the proceedings on the basis of the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
By contrast, the former Van Breda "real and substantial connection" test was expressed as follows (strike-throughs represent the factors that have been overruled by the Supreme Court of Canada):
- First, the court should determine whether the claim falls under rule 17.02 (excepting subrules (h) and (o)) to determine whether a real and substantial connection with Ontario is presumed to exist. The presence or absence of a presumption will frame the second stage of the analysis. If one of the connections identified in rule 17.02 (excepting subrules (h) and (o)) is made out, the defendant bears the burden of showing that a real and substantial connection does not exist. If one of those connections is not made out, the burden falls on the plaintiff to demonstrate that, in the particular circumstances of the case, the real and substantial connection test is met.
The "core of the analysis" at the second stage "rests upon the connection between Ontario and the plaintiff's claim and the defendant, respectively."
- The remaining considerations should not be treated as independent factors having more or less equal weight when determining whether there is a real and substantial connection but as general legal principles that bear upon the analysis;
Consideration of the fairness of assuming or refusing jurisdiction is a necessary tool in assessing the strengths of the connections between the forum and the plaintiff's claim and the defendant. However, fairness is not a free-standing factor capable of trumping weak connections,subject only to the forum of necessity exception.
- Consideration of jurisdiction simpliciter and the real and substantial connection test should not anticipate, incorporate or replicate consideration of the matters that pertain to forum non conveniens test.
- The involvement of other parties to the suit is only relevant in cases where that is asserted as a possible connecting factor and in relation to avoiding a multiplicity of proceedings under forum non conveniens.
The willingness to recognize and enforce an extra-provincial judgment rendered on the same jurisdictional basis is as an overarching principle that disciplines the exercise of jurisdiction against extra-provincial defendants. This principle provides perspective and is intended to prevent a judicial tendency to overreach to assume jurisdiction when the plaintiff is an Ontario resident. If the court would not be prepared to recognize and enforce an extra-provincial judgment against an Ontario defendant rendered on the same jurisdictional basis, it should not assume jurisdiction against the extra-provincial defendant. Whether the case is interprovincial or international in nature, and comity and the standards of jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement prevailing elsewhere are relevant considerations, not as independent factors having more or less equal weight with the others, but as general principles of private international law that bear upon the interpretation and application of the real and substantial connection test.
- The factors to be considered for jurisdiction simpliciter are different and distinct from those to be considered for forum non conveniens. The forum nonconveniens factors have no bearing on real and substantial connection and, therefore, should only be considered after it has been determined that there is a real and substantial connection and that jurisdiction simpliciter has been established.
- Where there is no other forum in which the plaintiff can reasonably seek relief, there is a residual discretion to assume jurisdiction.
3. Implications
Recall that Justice Sharpe in Muscutt delineated three distinct bases for jurisdiction simpliciter:
There are three ways in which jurisdiction may be asserted against an out-of-province defendant: (1) presence-based jurisdiction; (2) consent-based jurisdiction; and (3) assumed jurisdiction. Presence-based jurisdiction permits jurisdiction over an extra-provincial defendant who is physically present within the territory of the court. Consent-based jurisdiction permits jurisdiction over an extra-provincial defendant who consents, whether by voluntary submission, attornment by appearance and defence, or prior agreement to submit disputes to the jurisdiction of the domestic court. Both bases of jurisdiction also provide bases for the recognition and enforcement of extra-provincial judgments.
. . . Assumed jurisdiction is initiated by service of the court's process out of the jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 17.02. Unlike presence-based jurisdiction and consent-based jurisdiction, prior to Morguard and Hunt, assumed jurisdiction did not provide a basis for recognition and enforcement. (Muscutt, at 586. )
At first glance, the Supreme Court of Canada notes the factual linkage between the subject-matter of the litigation, the defendant and the forum, on the one hand, and the traditional bases of establishing jurisdiction, on the other. LeBel J. writes,
[79] From this perspective, a clear distinction must be maintained between, on the one hand, the factors or factual situations that link the subject matter of the litigation and the defendant to the forum and, on the other hand, the principles and analytical tools, such as the values of fairness and efficiency or the principle of comity. These principles and analytical tools will inform their assessment in order to determine whether the real and substantial connection test is met. However, jurisdiction may also be based on traditional grounds, like the defendant's presence in the jurisdiction or consent to submit to the court's jurisdiction, if they are established. The real and substantial connection test does not oust the traditional private international law bases for court jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court of Canada in Van Breda then collapses the traditional bases of jurisdiction: ostensibly conflating presence and consent under the rubric of assumed jurisdiction.
Consider again the four rebuttable presumptions ("RPs") identified by LeBel J.:
(a) the defendant is domiciled or resident in the province;
(b) the defendant carries on business in the province;
(c) the tort was committed in the province; and
(d) a contract connected with the dispute was made in the province.
RPs (a) and (b) related to the individual and corporate defendant's presence within the jurisdiction.
RP (d) relates to a contract formed in Ontario, which is, arguably, a consent-based jurisdictional factor, that also factors into the forum non conveniens test. Take note that the Supreme Court has recently revisited the concept of attornment and has relegated consent-based jurisdiction under the "strong cause" test. See my post: A Triumph of Form Over Substance: Momentous.ca Corp. v. Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball Ltd.
4."Carrying On Business"
The Court does offer foreign defendants a silver lining by not adopting universal jurisdiction to the concept of "carrying on business", meaning a company must have actual, not merely virtual, presence in the jurisdiction:
[86] The presence of the plaintiff in the jurisdiction is not, on its own, a sufficient connecting factor. (I will not discuss its relevance or importance in the context of the forum of necessity doctrine, which is not at issue in these appeals.) Absent other considerations, the presence of the plaintiff in the jurisdiction will not create a presumptive relationship between the forum and either the subject matter of the litigation or the defendant. On the other hand, a defendant may always be sued in a court of the jurisdiction in which he or she is domiciled or resident (in the case of a legal person, the location of its head office).
[87] Carrying on business in the jurisdiction may also be considered an appropriate connecting factor. But considering it to be one may raise more difficult issues. Resolving those issues may require some caution in order to avoid creating what would amount to forms of universal jurisdiction in respect of tort claims arising out of certain categories of business or commercial activity. Active advertising in the jurisdiction or, for example, the fact that a Web site can be accessed from the jurisdiction would not suffice to establish that the defendant is carrying on business there. The notion of carrying on business requires some form of actual, not only virtual, presence in the jurisdiction, such as maintaining an office there or regularly visiting the territory of the particular jurisdiction. But the Court has not been asked in this appeal to decide whether and, if so, when e-trade in the jurisdiction would amount to a presence in the jurisdiction. With these reservations, "carrying on business" within the meaning of rule 17.02(p) may be an appropriate connecting factor.
[114]…Moreover, I do not accept that evidence of advertising in Ontario would be enough to establish a connection. Advertising is often international, if not global. It is ubiquitous, crossing borders with ease. It does not, on its own, establish a connection between the claim and the forum. If advertising sufficed to create a connection with a forum, commercial organizations of a certain size could be sued in courts everywhere and anywhere in the world. The courts of a victim's place of residence would possess an almost universal jurisdiction over diverse and vast classes of consumer claims. [emphasis added]
That said, the Van Breda decision offers no guidance as to when a connection between a corporate defendant and the subject-matter is "real" but not "substantial". This issue was considered in Unity Life of Canada v. Worthington Emond Beaudin Services Financières Inc., (2009), 96 O.R. (3d) 769, [2009] O.J. No. 2305 (Ont. S.C.J), a case which involved the plaintiff, a Canadian company with its head office in Ontario, suing the defendants, Quebec residents, for interference with contractual relations. The plaintiff argued that it suffered losses in Ontario after the defendants sold plaintiff's products and solicited the plaintiff's customers for the plaintiff's competitors. The court found no real and substantial connection between the plaintiff's claim and Ontario. Regarding the plaintiff's argument that it had sustained damages in Ontario under Rule 17.02(h) of the Ontario Rules of Civil Procedure, Strathy J. said:
31 While I acknowledge the legal reality of corporate personality, we are dealing here with a federally incorporated company that carries on business across Canada, and has business connections in all provinces of Canada. Its head office happens to be in Ontario. It "suffers damages in Ontario" because damages to its business hit the bottom line when its accounts are prepared at head office. This occurs even where the damages are initially inflicted in another province. It occurs, in this case, if the plaintiff loses a customer in Québec because the defendants sell a competitor's insurance product to that customer. This is not, in my view, as real or substantial a connection as that of an individual who lives in Ontario and who endures pain and suffering in Ontario, as was the case in Muscutt. Nor would I put it on the same level as the case of an Ontario-incorporated company carrying on business only in Ontario that suffers a loss of business in Ontario. Thus, while the connection to Ontario is real, I would not regard it as substantial, in the context of this case.
The Court of Appeal for Ontario, 2010 ONCA 283 (CanLII), 2010 ONCA 283 agreed:
[1] We see no error on the part of the motion judge in relation to the application of the real and substantial connection test. Whether viewed from the perspective ofMuscutt, the decision applied by the motion judge, or from the perspective of Van Breda, handed down after the motion judge decided this case, we agree with the motion judge that on the facts of this case the real and substantial connection test had not been met.
[2] We do not agree that the motion judge raised the bar too high in this application of the real and substantial connection test or that he failed to give adequate weight to the fact that as the plaintiff's head office is Ontario, it could be said to have suffered damages in Ontario or that such damages were foreseeable.
[3] In any event, we see no basis to interfere with the motion judge's exercise of discretion in finding that jurisdiction should be declined on the basis of forum non conveniens.
See also, Dundee Precious Metals Inc. v. Marsland, 2010 CanLII 80799 (ON S.C.)and Wildwood Transport Inc. et al. v. Eagle West Cranes Inc. et al., 2011 MBQB 42 (CanLII)
5. Forum Non Conveniens
Finally, on the issue of forum on conveniens, the Court does not create any new law. Whether it is the enactment of the Uniform Court Jurisdiction and Proceedings Transfer Act ("CJPTA") or judicial decision-making, the forum non conveniens test generally reflects the historical factors applied to determine whether the chosen court is the most convenient forum, the burden of which rests on the defendant to oust the plaintiff's choice.
6. Post-Script
In the end, the Court dismissed Club Resorts appeal in Van Breda, finding no reviewable error in the findings that a "contract was entered into in Ontario and a relationship was thus created in Ontario between Mr. Berg, Club Resorts and Ms. Van Breda, who was brought within the scope of this relationship by the terms of the contract." Club Resorts was found to have failed to rebut the presumption of jurisdiction that arises where this factor applies. Club Resorts also failed to discharge the onus that Ontario was forum non conveniens. Similarly, in Charron, Club Resorts was held to be carrying on business in Ontario as its:
[122]…"commercial activities in Ontario went well beyond promoting a brand and advertising. Its representatives were in the province on a regular basis. It benefited from the physical presence of an office in Ontario. Most significantly, on cross-examination Club Resorts' witness admitted that it was in the business of carrying out activities in Canada. Together, these facts support the conclusion that Club Resorts was carrying on business in Ontario. It follows that the respondents have established that a presumptive connecting factor applies and that the Ontario court isprima facie entitled to assume jurisdiction.
[123] Club Resorts has not rebutted the presumption of jurisdiction that arises from this presumptive connecting factor. Its business activities in Ontario were specifically directed at attracting residents of the province, including the Charron family, to stay as paying guests at the resort in Cuba where the accident occurred. It cannot be said that the claim here is unrelated to Club Resorts' business activities in the province. Accordingly, I find that the Ontario court has jurisdiction on the basis of the real and substantial connection test.
LeBel J. also held that motion judge made no error in declining to stay the proceedings on the basis of forum non conveniens.
Stay tuned for Part II in the near future.
Tags: Canada, Claude Charron, Club Resorts, Cuba, Ontario, Supreme Court of Canada, Van Breda


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Circulating Tumor Antigens and their Autoantibody Reactivity as Cancer Markers
Conference Recording Aug 01, 2013
About the Speaker
Dr. Hanash is program head for Molecular Diagnostics at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Hanash's interests and expertise focus on the development and application of integrated approaches to the molecular profiling of cancer, with particular emphasis on proteomics. He has been a program principal investigator for several multi-investigator projects aimed at biomarker discovery and validation using proteomics. Dr. Hanash has organized and participated in several workshops and initiatives related to diagnostics and proteomics. He is the inaugural president of the Human Proteome Organization.Abstract
The dynamic shedding of proteins and antigens from tumor cells offers an opportunity to develop cancer markers based on the detection of such proteins and the immune response they engender in the form of autoantibodies.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- A week after announcing he would give up his Heisman Trophy, Reggie Bush faces the prospects of being sidelined by injury as a New Orleans Saints running back.
Bush suffered a right leg injury on an attempted punt return during the fourth quarter of the Saints' 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers Monday night. There was no immediate word on the nature or severity of the injury.
ESPN reported Bush suffered a broken fibula that could sideline him for six weeks.
Bush muffed the catch on the attempted punt return and recovered the ball for no gain. He was helped off the field and then taken to the Saints locker room on a cart.
"I don't know for sure yet (about the nature of the injury). I just know it hurts. ... We'll see what happens," said Bush.
Bush said the punted ball was moving in the swirling wind when he muffed it. "I tried to recover it, and someone took my leg out. I don't know what happened or how it happened."
Bush had a six-yard touchdown reception for the Saints in the first quarter.
"You don't want to lose him," said Saints safety Roman Harper. "... He is too important to this team, too valuable of an asset to this offense and on the special teams."
Bush announced last week that he would "forfeit" his title as winner of the Heisman Trophy in 2005 while playing for Southern California. He said his decision was not an admission of guilt in connection with the findings of an NCAA report that he and his family accepted cash and gifts from sports agent while he was at Southern Cal.
-- Gary Mihoces
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Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Health and Human Services Commission, the Child and Adult Care Food Program ensures that children attending family child care homes receive nutritious meals and snacks.
Child care providers can receive extra money by enrolling in the Child and Adult Care Food Program.
The program:
- Reimburses family child care home providers when nutritious meals are served to children in care—up to $78 a month for each child in full time attendance.
- Offers nutrition education to assist with menu planning, proper sanitation, and record keeping.
- Provides sample menus or will custom plan menus, if desired.
- Offers workshops and in-home visits conducted by friendly, well-trained staff.
- Provides information about tax benefits for family day home providers.
- Requires no minimum number of children.
What do we offer our providers?
- Customer service
- Friendly, helpful staff
- Toll-free number
- Easy to use menus- hand written menus & menus online
- Sample menus
- Free training
- Free computerized recordkeeping
Participation in the program is not based on financial need but rather on the desire of the family child care home provider to offer nutritious meals to all children.
Please contact us if you are a family child care provider and you would like more information about the Child and Adult Care Food Program.


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Designing for Disaster
ESRL's Marty Ralph is part of a multiagency science team developing a severe hazard scenario in California, for a public awareness campaign later this year. Last November, the US Geological Survey and others conducted "The Great Southern California Shakeout." Millions of everyday citizens and thousands of emergency responders participated in the earthquake awareness activity—the biggest of its kind in US history.
Now Ralph, in ESRL's Physical Sciences Division, and colleagues are coming up with a scenario in which the danger comes from the sky, not below ground. The new hazard will involve a devastating—but entirely plausible—winter storm with winds reaching Category 4 hurricane force, up to 20 inches of rainfall in one day, major flooding in both northern and southern California, heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, extensive power outages, and heavy surf and coastal erosion.
ESRL scientists and colleagues in the National Weather Service are already involved in detecting and improving the forecasts of severe winter storms in California, which are known to present a major flood hazard in much of California, Ralph said. State officials have made it a priority to plan for one.
Students at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., will help the hazards scenario teams figure out how to communicate effectively with the public about winter storm dangers and about the preparedness drill itself. In January, Ralph talked with design students about winter storms and emergency communications, as part of a "Hazard Communication Forum."


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Dongguan's success in economic development started with a humble beginning of Taiping Handbag Factory being founded in Humen, Dongguan on September 15th, 1978, shortly after Chinese people embarked upon the reform and opening up policy that has had immeasurable influence in shaping today's China.
Taiping Handbag Factory in 1978
Hong Kong funded Taiping Handbag Factory was the first enterprise in mainland China to adapt the business model of processing raw materials, assembling goods and processing according to client specifications.
In 1978, the factory's operation generated approximately 1 million RMB of processing fees for the local workers, and brought a foreign exchange of HK$600, 000 for the country.
"We can say that this 1-million RMB was the first pot of gold earned by China since its reform and opening up," said Zheng Jingtao who was the Mayor of Dongguan at that time.
The success of Taiping Handbag Factory was the incentive needed for thousands of foreign-funded enterprises to seek the assistance of Chinese labour.
Dongguan is now home to 7,000 garment factories, 3,000 shoe factories that produce more than 1 billion shoes a year, 3,000 toy factories and literally hundreds of major electronics-assembly plants including such companies as Casio, Sanyo, Hitachi, Samsung, Nokia, Phillips, Kyocera.
An IT processing line (photoed in 2007)
The industrial output value amounted to just short of 665 billion RMB in 2007, and the total industrial output value of scaled enterprises increased by 16.1% from the previous years' amount of just over 582 billion yuan.
The total import and export volume in 2007 amounted to marginally short of US$107 billion, thereby showing a growth rate of 26.9%.
"No one in China had expected Dongguan's economy to develop so fast. It's a historic truth that Dongguan has been a prominent pioneer city in many fields since China's reform and opening up", said Yang Zhenning, a Chinese-American physicist and a Nobel Prize winner.
Documetary film "A Legend of Dongguan" on
This year marks the 30th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. The Information Office of Dongguan, together with Dongguan Radio and TV Station and Dongguan's Union of Literary and Art Circles, has produced a documentary film "A Legend of Dongguan". This production demonstrates the great economic and social progress that Dongguan has made in the past 30 years.
The movie consists of two parts, all in Chinese. The first part will be broadcast on Dongguan TV Channel Ⅰat 8 pm of December 8th and repeated the following day at 8 am. The second part will be shown on Dongguan TV Channel Ⅰat 8 pm of December 9th and repeated the following day at 8 am.
(By Zhou Mingfeng)


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|From: Richard Cleis (rcleis at mac.com)
Date: Sat Aug 25 12:06:29 EDT 2007
A tenth of a billion dollars was spent on a payroll system that doesn't work because "complicated, varied job assignments and pay scales have perplexed computer programmers." http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-payroll25aug25,0,630079.story? track=mostviewed-storylevel As computers and computer science mature, these stories (and my own trivial experiences) get worse. What's going wrong? Oh, never mind. This forum is for cheerier topics... like what kind of Mean Scheme Machine could be built for the 37M$ that will be spent on fixing the 95M$ problem. rac "Heyyy, there's a *New* Mexico." -- Homer Simpson, encountering a need for lifted definitions.
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Scientific Programmer.
Worked on medical study of drug efficacy in the department of Biostatistics. This included performing statistical tests, maintaining records and being responsible for examining quality of life measures for the patients.
- UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA.
Research Assistant/ Masters student/ Teachers Assistant.
Thesis title: Singular Value Decomposition as a Statistical Technique in the Study of the Low Frequency Relationship Between the Atmosphere and Ocean .
Chairperson of the Supervisory Committee: Professor J.M Wallace
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.
Student Research Program (UROP) programmer
Worked with Professional Reginald Newell in examining SST and ENSO relationships.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle WA.
M.S. Atmospheric Science, December 1989
Course work included meteorology, mathematics, oceanography and statistics.
- MIT, Cambridge MA..
B.S. Atmospheric Science, June 1985.
Course work included atmospheric dynamics, physical oceanography, numerical analysis and statistics.
- MIT, Cambridge MA..
Computer Skills:
- Programming including Fortran, C, and Perl languages. Database programming including SIR, dBASE SQL. Numerical/statistical packages IMSL, NAG, SPSS, MATLAB, BMDP, R and Linpack mathematical/statistical packages. Experience with F77, F90, C. Extensive familiarity with the NetCDF data interface.
- Experience with linux and Macintosh operating systems.
- Extensive experience in creating Web pages including knowledge of HTML, Perl, and Javascript and CSS.
- Plotting and analysis packages including NCL, IDL, GrADS, Gnuplot, NCO, and CDO.
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- Create and maintain many CDC scientific climate data analysis and plotting web pages including the composite pages, the timeseries analysis pages and others. Maintain local Boulder climate data page. Created and maintain web pages for CDC's 3-state and western climate and other Value Added Link pages drawing on my atmospheric science background.
- Process, maintain and store various scientific datasets and time-series.
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Further drop in petrol prices unlikely, GMTA
PETROL prices in the island are unlikely to fall further, the Guernsey Motor Trades Association president has said.
PETROL prices in the island are unlikely to fall further, the Guernsey Motor Trades Association president has said.
FUEL prices have again, prompting an unhappy response from fuel retailers, wholesalers and motorists.
THE price of petrol has risen and could be more than £1 a litre – even from the cut-price forecourts – by the end of the year, predicts one garage owner.
ISLANDERS have not been stocking up on petrol despite the steep drop in its price.
TAXI fares in Guernsey are more expensive than in almost 80% of districts in the UK, according to a comparison website.
WITH taxis set to become increasingly more expensive due to rocketing fuel prices it begs the question, where will it all end?
GUERNSEY petrol is still cheap, despite recent price rises.
DRIVERS are swapping 4x4s for smaller cars due to the rising cost of fuel, according to the motor trade.
WITH oil prices soaring, western leaders exhorting producers and the industry to release more supply and consumers like fishermen and lorry drivers staging protests, the one thing people want to know is when will things get back to normal?
PETROL yesterday soared past the £1-a-litre mark in Guernsey for the first time.
TAXI drivers want to increase fares, some by more than 8%.
PETROL could soon break through the 90p- a-litre barrier for the first time.
COMMERCE and Employment will keep a close eye on prices when fuel duty rises come into effect in the new year.
COMMERCE and Employment has welcomed publication of petrol prices.
ISLANDERS may have to launch their own campaign if they want to force petrol prices down.
MOTORISTS reacted angrily yesterday to claims they were being ripped off by petrol retailers.
PETROL retailers have rejected allegations that they are ripping off motorists.
LOCAL petrol retailers have been ripping off motorists by as much as 30%.
PETROL sales at Lucksall Motors are a thing of the past.
GARAGE owners have hit out at 'immoral' petrol price increases.
TREASURY and Resources has bowed to public pressure and wants to drop plans to put extra tax on marine petrol.


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The Peer Advising Connection
The Alverno College Peer Advising Program has helped new weekday students build their connection with the Alverno Community since 1978. Peer Advisors are experienced weekday students who volunteer their time to mentor and assist new incoming weekday students during their first semester on campus. Peer Advisors enhance and strengthen the connection that new students develop by:
- Being supportive and understanding
- Relating to the anxieties that many new students feel
- Encouraging new students to seek assistance, especially if they are experiencing academic difficulties or personal hardship
- Motivating new students, especially during stressful times of the semester
- Teaching new students about Alverno's curriculum from a student's perspective
- Being an active and caring listener
Peer Advisor Responsibilities
Each Peer Advisor is assigned to work with 14-18 new first-semester students. Specific responsibilities and activities include:
- Sending welcome letters to new students prior to the start of the semester
- Leading a small group discussion and activity with advisees during Orientation
- Contacting advisees 2-3 times per month throughout the semester
- Meeting with advisees at on-campus events whenever possible
- Maintaining knowledge and awareness of relevant academic and co-curricular information and resources
- Attending all required Peer Advising training sessions and maintaining good communication with the Peer Advising Coordinators
What does it take to be a Peer Advisor?
In order to be considered for the Peer Advising program you must:
- Be a current weekday college student in good academic standing
- Have completed a minimum of 2 semesters at Alverno College by the time you serve
- Be highly responsible and self-directed
- Be friendly, outgoing and willing to help others
- Be dedicated to Alverno College and knowledgeable about the curriculum
- Be able to relate to the concerns of new students and assist them to adjust to the Alverno environment
Peer Advising Application
Peer advisors are selected and trained in the spring semester for services in the following school year. Peer Advising applications are accepted in February and March. To access the peer advising application, click the below link: https://lampout1.alverno.edu/php/advising/peeradvisingform/login.php
Once your application has been submitted, please contact Advising at 414-382-6029 or stop in FO-121 to schedule a 30 minute interview with one of the peer advising coordinators.


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Austria 0-1 Scotland
Scotland manager Alex McLeish's decision to recall Garry O'Connor paid off handsomely as the Lokomotiv Moscow striker scored the only goal of the match to give Scotland a 1-0 victory over Austria in the friendly match in the Gerhard Hanoppi Stadium.
The friendly allowed McLeish to experiment before the Euro 2008 qualifier against Faroe Islands. Rangers' goalkeeper Allan McGregor made his full debut for the national side, but was replaced by Hearts' Craig Gordon in the second half.
Scotland enjoyed the bulk of possession for most of the first half and should have taken the lead through Kris Boyd, who missed two great chances. Austria started the match in the fourth gear and had a penalty claim turned down when Christian Fuchs fell on the ground following a challenge from Gary Caldwell while captain Andreas Ivanschitz saw his shot from the edge of the are fly wide of the goal.
Scotland created the first real chance of the match, when Gary Naysmith cross following a great run on the left wing found Boyd in the six-yard box, who made a mess of the chance. Boyd got another opportunity in the 39th minute following a fine passing game between Barry Ferguson and O'Connor, but completely missed the ball.
McLeish then changed the side, bringing on Gordon for McGregor, Christian Dailly for David Weir and Paul Hartley for Lee McCulloch. Austria started the second half in the same vein as the first and forced two corners early in the half. Gordon had to be alert to deny a speculative effort by Mario Haas and Ivanschitz saw his sizzling 40-yarder curl across the face of the goal.
But it was Scotland who took the lead against the run of play in the 58th minute. Boyd's flick-on was pounced on by O'Conner who made no mistake in putting it way from 10 yards out to complete a fairytale comeback into the national team.
With no signs of an Austrian comeback into the game, McLeish gave debuts to Charlie Adam and Alan Hutton who replaced Shaun Maloney and Graham Alexander. McLeish revealed that he was happy with his team's display and expressed confidence ahead of the match against Faroe Islands.
"Garry O'Connor and Kris Boyd led the line well, but it was an excellent all-round display from us. Hopefully things are now falling into place - we'll take the power of this performance with us when we travel to the Faroe Islands next week", McLeish said. The Scotland v Faroe Islands Euro 2008 qualifying match will be shown live through our network.
Tags: Scotland, Austria, Euro 2008 qualifier, Faroe Islands, Scotland v Faroe Islands, Euro 2008 qualifying


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The registered nurses of Anna Jaques hospital volunteered their time on January 7, 2012 to help restock the shelves of local food pantries after the holidays and were amazed by the generosity of shoppers in Newburyport and Amesbury. The nurses set up shop outside of the Stop & Shop in Amesbury and the Shaw's in Newburyport and handed out lists of what items local food pantries need the most. Shoppers then added some of those items to their own grocery order and handed them off to the nurses on their way out.
The nurses filled a few cars with groceries and also collected over $300 in cash donations. The donations benefitted two local food pantries-The Pettengill House in Salisbury and Our Neighbor's Table in Amesbury.


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