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Implementation of the TAIEX Instrument in the Neighbouring Countries
Twinning Launching Workshop Implementation of the TAIEX Instrument in the Neighbouring Countries Olivier Vanhoenacker, Multi-Country Programmes Tbilisi, 29th & 30th November 2007
Extension Of TAIEX To The NC
Set up in 1996 by the European Commission to support the faster implementation of the EU acquis in the Candidate Countries – compulsory transposition 2006: Gradual extension to the Neighbourhood Countries (NC – Directive 2006/62/EC, ) to foster the EU acquis approximation – voluntary shared norms Extension supported by a TAIEX National Contact Point (NCP) within the Programme Administration Office (PAO – wherever it exists) also NCP for Twinning
PAOs Are Set Up In 11 NC: NCPs For Twinning & NCPs For TAIEX
PAOs: experience of the implementation of the Twinning Projects in ENP Countries in close collaboration with the EC Delegations and the Unit AIDCO/A6 (Twinning & TAIEX) already financed by the EC PAOs become NCPs for the TAIEX instrument In the countries with no PAO, TAIEX NCP is designated by the National Coordinator
TAIEX NCPs within the PAOs – East
Armenia Mr Hrayr Gyonjyan Azerbaijan Mr Asgar Alakbarov Georgia Mr Roman Kakulia Moldova Mrs Tatiana Udrea Russia Mrs Elena Kolerova Ukraine Mr Andriy Vyshnevsky
TAIEX NCPs within the PAOs – South
Egypt Mrs Injie Kotb Israel Mr Raphael Morav Jordan Mr Marwan Al-Refai Lebanon Mrs Maha Siblini Morocco Mr Mohamed Doubi-Kadmiri Tunisia Mrs Nawele Ben Romdhane Dhrif
What Is TAIEX? Technical Assistance Information Exchange
On the basis of requests from the Beneficiary Countries (BC) TAIEX provides short-term assistance Duration of TAIEX missions: usually 1 to 5 days maximum reactive assistance Simple procedures allow to have the requested services in place in 5 to 6 weeks minimum
TAIEX Synergies TAIEX is an instrument for Institution Building, additional and complementary to Technical Assistance (short, medium or long-term private assistance) to Twinning Projects (long-term public expertise assistance) TAIEX: short-term public assistance is used to deal with accurate, focused and targeted requests
TAIEX Beneficiaries Public Administration Public Agencies
Private sector Associations Social Partners
TAIEX Specificities TAIEX missions are financed through a centralised budget – TAIEX missions are NOT financed by a bilateral budget TAIEX missions are implemented by an EC-recruited provider: GTZ – TAIEX missions are NOT implemented by BC or by ECD
Types Of The NC-TAIEX Assistance
Expert missions in BC To provide guidance on legislative projects and on the functioning of the administrative process, to advise on legislative acts and on their implementation, to explain the EU acquis, to present examples of good practices... Workshops – Seminars in BC To present and explain EU acquis-related issues to a large audience (selected by the BC) within the same country or to several countries concerning the same issues Study visits in MS To allow Officials from a BC to understand how Member States deal with practical issues related to the implementation and enforcement of the EU acquis
Examples Of TAIEX Events from Georgia
requested by on dates location audience (Spanish) Expert Mission Ministry of Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Combating Land Degradation & Desertification Tbilisi MEPNR of Georgia, NGOs (Regional) Workshop National Security Council of Georgia Drug Trafficking & Terrorism attendees from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Israel and Turkey Study Visit Parliament of Georgia EU Legislation on Migration Policy January 2008 (request currently under assessment) Member State to be confirmed Committee of European Integration of Georgia
Types Of The NC-TAIEX Assistance
Expert missions in BC (max. 1-week duration) – Limited to maximum 1-2 TAIEX experts – TAIEX covers all logistic costs for the experts (transportation, accommodation…) Study visits in MS (max. 1-week duration) – Limited to maximum 3 TAIEX beneficiaries – TAIEX covers all logistic costs for the beneficiaries (transportation, accommodation…) – TAIEX does not cover costs for the host institution*
Origin Of TAIEX Requests
Requests of TAIEX missions are originated by Public Administrations of Beneficiary Countries or are proposed by Services of the European Commission
Nb of TAIEX requests originated by NC&R or initiated by EC-DGs: 2006-07 (31.10.2007)
Nb of invitations for NC&R to TAIEX events: 2006-07 (31.10.2007)
Sectors of TAIEX requests from NC&R: 2006-07 (31.10.2007)
Types of TAIEX requests from NC&R: 2006-07 (31.10.2007)
TAIEX Requests TAIEX requests are sent to the TAIEX NCP: PAO or NCP appointed by the National Coordinator examines content and provides further information transmits requests to the ECD-Contact Person for visa forwards requests to the EC: at the same time to ELARG/D4 and AIDCO/A6 – from the TAIEX Website – where the on-line application forms can be found – by fax on headed-paper: (or to send the on-line application forms) – by to:
Reception Of TAIEX Requests
ELARG/D4 (TAIEX Unit) & AIDCO/A6 receive the TAIEX requests at the same time verify that the requests come from the TAIEX NCP with the EC Delegation Contact Person visa
Reception Of TAIEX Requests: Important Remarks
In case TAIEX requests do NOT come from the PAO, ELARG/D4 & AIDCO/A6 send them back to the TAIEX NCP for agreement In case the TAIEX request is an EC suggestion, TAIEX NCP in PAO and CP in ECD have to verify that the request is a result of a previous coordination with the relevant Public Administration in the BC
Assessment Of TAIEX Requests
Each TAIEX request previously approved by the TAIEX NCP and the ECD-CP is then analysed, within 1 to 2 weeks, by: ELARG/D4 for feasibility and coherence with the EU-acquis AIDCO/A6 for coherence with Action Plans or National Indicative Programmes (NIP)
Decisions On TAIEX Requests
If the outcome is negative, ELARG/D4 – informs the TAIEX NCP explaining the refusal If the decision is positive, ELARG/D4 – informs the TAIEX NCP – inserts a specific event into the TAIEX database – attributes a specific TAIEX code number to this event
TAIEX Rejections NC&R 2006-2007
16% of the assessed TAIEX requests (Study Visits: 53%) Overlapping with Twinning Projects (matter, timing) Too weak relation with the acquis Private technical assistance Batch of applications Redundancy of TAIEX requests (same issue, different types) Call for a TAIEX financing to join non-TAIEX events
Internal TAIEX Consultation
If ELARG/D4 & AIDCO/A6 agree with the request ELARG/D4 launches its 5 working days consultation towards DG RELEX (External Relations) towards competent line DG(s) During the consultation stage, AIDCO/A6 provides any necessary contributions
Preparation & Launching Of The TAIEX Event
In the absence of negative comments, the Delegated Entity (GTZ) executes mandate from ELARG/D4 and ensures the event takes place according to instructions ELARG/D4 is responsible for the content of the TAIEX event in close collaboration with AIDCO/A6: invitations, agenda including location and venue identification of experts, contacts with the beneficiary GTZ is responsible for all logistic arrangements: catering, interpretation, equipment, venue requirements, flights, accommodation… During the preparation and launching stages, AIDCO/A6 provides any necessary contributions
TAIEX Experts Selection
TAIEX experts are selected by ELARG/D4 – Civil servants (active or retired) from Member States Public Administration – EC-Officials (active or retired) In the framework of its request, the BC could suggest some experts to fulfil the TAIEX mission in order to constitute networks and to reinforce cooperation with Member States
Payment Of TAIEX Experts
On TAIEX centralised budget TAIEX experts, MS civil servants, receive DSA + FAA + DSA: Daily Subsistence Allowance per-diem minus cost of hotel accommodation and breakfast + FAA: Fixed Additional Allowance per working and travel day (250 €*) + Travel costs are covered by TAIEX – Active EC-Officials are not paid from the TAIEX budget – Under special circumstances, accommodation costs could be covered for TAIEX participants in BC – TAIEX NCPs are not paid from the TAIEX budget
Evaluation Of TAIEX Events
Each BC participant makes an evaluation of the TAIEX event through a questionnaire systematically distributed by ELARG/D4 One of the TAIEX experts evaluates the interventions of the other TAIEX experts Evaluation is made by ELARG/D4 to improve the TAIEX instrument
NC-TAIEX Project Cycle
Agreed between DGs AIDCO, ELARG & RELEX Managed by the Units AIDCO/A6 & ELARG/D4 To implement the TAIEX instrument in the Neighbourhood Countries and in Russia To achieve objectives defined by the BC An adapted procedure in BC and within the EC for requesting TAIEX in Neighbourhood Countries To guarantee synergies with the other activities To avoid overlapping In the respect of the priorities defined by BC (approximation)
TAIEX & Twinning in NC&R (Public Expertise)
TAIEX could be used: To improve the public administration To approximate the EU acquis To achieve the priorities of the NC&R To identify issues for Twinning Projects To reinforce networks between NC&R and EU-Member States To strengthen the network of the NCPs
Twinning Launching Workshop Tbilisi, 29th & 30th November 2007
European Commission Twinning Launching Workshop in Georgia Tbilisi, 29th & 30th November 2007
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- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
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Yet more entertainment in England's premier cup competition, as always-a-laugh Blackburn are dumped out on penners by Carlisle after a 3-3 draw. Notts County and Leeds also through. Draw at 12:30pm today.
Celtic boring. No Champions League shocks elsewhere, really.
Chelsea absolutely jizzed on by Real Madrid.
Strong rumours growing that United are very close to bringing Ronaldo back.
Spurs sign Truman Capote.
Luis Suarez sent to Coventry (Northampton), as Arsenal continue their public tapping up of the poor lad.
QPR sign Gary O'Neil.
Anzhi's owner turns off the money tap. A warning sign to other clubs who are bankrolled by billionaires methinks, like Arsenal, Liverpool and Man United.
Some Europa League qualifiers tonight.
Any other business?
didn't he once say that...
the only reason he signed for a certain club (Sunderland?) was because they offered him piles and piles of cash?
Kelvin 'the Emperor' Wilson
Coming home to Forest!
Albert Adomah should join Middlesboro today.
Not sure it's a good move for him but we do need the cash.
I remember them getting some improvement out of Carayol when he signed
And they're similar players. You're right though, it doesn't exactly scream "step up". Oh well, not our problem any more.
City apparently on the verge of getting some actual cash money for players.
Scott Sinclair to West Brom. Thumbs up.
Dennis Suarez to Barcelona. Boo.
Sinclair at West Brom could be an absolute must for fantasy football
Used to be on pens for Swansea didn't he?
Remember him trickling one in Joe Hart's general direction just before we signed him.
Has Anelka ever taken a penalty?
Fairly sure he never did at Arsenal and seem to remember him bottling/sulking his way out of the Champions League final shoot out against United
Took them regularly for City.
Probably anywhere else he was literally the only good player. Bolton?
And to be fair he actually took the decisive penalty in that final
Can't believe I forgot that, something else hilarious must have happened to distract me...
Took a fair few at Chelsea.
Always went for the confidence trickster approach, so they either looked glorious or awful, nothing between.
If he's not gonna play, might as well bin him off.
Don't think you can expect any young Spanish player to turn down Barca or Madrid, tbh.
Great analogy
I actually don't think he'll end up being good enough to play for Barca or for us.
He's always looked pretty tidy technically in training videos but whenever he's been given a chance, albeit a couple of brief ones, he looks a bit petrified to be honest. Might toughen up with 2/3 seasons playing in the 2nd division so it definitely seems the best move for him and his development.
Did you watch the videos of Rekik playing for PSV? He looked pretty good.
What position was he playing? Lots of Blues seem sure he's good enough to play backup left-back because of a couple of League Cup appearances, but he looks like quite a 'robust' centre-half to me.
No doubt he'll have a cracking season in the Eredivisie, then we'll splodge about £45m on two new defenders.
Left CB.
Seemed to be playing the more aggressive role of the two CBs attacking the ball while the other played a bit deeper. Looked to be physically on top of the people he was playing against but I'm not sure whether that's saying alot.
bbc have binned mark bright
ACON coverage will surely suffer, he was such an expert on african football.Royter-Hatfood and olegrich this'd this
his metro column used to be a must read
because of the contortions he had to go through every week to link whatever the day's footballing issue was to his time at Palace. Everything had a parallel to his time at Palace, it was amazing.
We can only imagine his column on how he knows what it's like to be Gareth Bale being chased for £100m right now because [something something something] his transfer from Leicester in 1986.
Ian Rush meets the Wu Tang Clan
Everyone looks very happy. Nice picture
http://www.nme.com/news/wu-tang-clan/71884eggbert and colossalhorse this'd this
I love it when completely incongruous famous people meet each other
Saw a great picture this week of the Melvins meeting Andre 3000.
Yup, that's made my morning :)
Carra Rush Emelyn Owen Lee
(I know, i know, it's a low, but Arne & Molby was even worse).
Wu Tang Clanley
Who are they?
- umlaut_ampersand, Royter-Hatfood, and meths this'd this
Thursday's transfer rumours
Manuel Fernandes (Besiktas) to West Ham, Sunderland or Everton
David Vaughan (Sunderland) to Crystal Palace
Peter Odemwingie (West Brom) to QPR
Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi Makhachkala) to Chelsea
Luis Muriel (Udinese) to Man Utd
Silvestre Varela (Porto) to West Ham or Besiktas
Willian (Anzhi Makhachkala) to Chelsea or Spurs
Lassana Diarra (Anzhi Makhachkala) to Stoke
Mame Biraf Diouf (Hannover 96) to Stoke
Scott Wootton (Man Utd) to Leeds Utd
Jesus Gamez (Malaga) to Cardiff City, Arsenal or Atletico Madrid
good to see willian again
welcome backDanielKelly this'd this
I know they're having a FIRE SALE at Anzhi
But surely Lassana Diarra can do better than Stoke.brusma this'd this
Anzi prob won't tell him he's been transferred
They have to be airlifted into matches anyway, and Stoke being so similar to Dagestan he won't even notice. New team mates? Lassana, we put the whole team up for sale, remember?
Only reveal he's been playing for Stoke when they're holding his testimonial match after his 10th season at the Britannia
Napoli are also interested
according to International Business Times Italia
Luis Muriel's gonna be a really good player.
Reminds me of Tevez quite a bit - stocky, strong as an ox, works hard, scores the odd blinder inbetween regularly scuffing in important goals. Would be a common sense, promising replacement for Rooney, imho. Hoped City might have gone for him.
Previously linked with Liverpool
as a replacement for Suarez.
Tor Kristian Karlsen tweeted about him the other day
as one of the under-the-radar players Premier League clubs ought to be looking at
It would never happen of course
but would love to see Eto'o at Arsenal. Could score a load with the service he would get.
They should do some sort of blind raffle with Anzi players
Give them some of your warchest, might get Eto'o, might get Samba. Fun.
These strong rumours about Ronaldo
Where exactly are you seeing them? All I see is Ancelotti saying he's not for sale and he's close to signing a new contract, and C Ron telling the Madrid website that he's happy.
In other news, Three Lungs Park goes to Eindhoven on loan. Good luck to him.
Hope you're right
Feel like it will be a long process if it happens (remembering his move the other way was rumoured for over a season before it happened). Can't really see why he'd come back tbh. He plays for a better club and has a higher-profile manager, and he's already been successful at United, and his mentors at United are gone.
he's not coming back
he'll sign a new contract with Real for 5 years. we're not going to fork out massively to sign a 30+ year old, so he'll finish his career wherever the money is.
them's the breaks.
I though footie agents were big business types not just some guy from the ticket office
- mala and Infinite_Jest this'd this
you laugh, but...
up until kick-off on the final day of the 11/12 season i was several hundred pounds up. the proof was very much IN TEH PUDDING.
Are you going to start doing that again this year?
Spending your time apart from Sheikhball depriving the turf accountants of some ale tokens was some of your finest work.
struggling to come up with an angle for this season, have to be honest.
have been considering putting the names of all the north-west clubs, Prem down to League 2, in a hat (bar United and FC United, who i wouldn't give money to on moral grounds, and City who don't need me any more) and just supporting them all season.
they've been fucking begging anyone who'll listen by email, tbh.
think they're struggling to shift their season tickets again.
i'll ask Farooq.Antpocalypsenow this'd this
Is Farooq also your mate who likes wrestling?
I hope he is.
Email, phone, anything
I told 'em I was leaving the country and therefore fairly unlikely to want to renew mine. They started suggesting I might have a friend who would like to take it over. They've finally stopped bothering me, but it took a while.
Just a clueness (semi) noob
I apologise. I meant no disrespect. ;-)
The Sun claimed August 8th would be the day we unveiled him a few weeks ago
So expect an impromptu press conference this afternoon
Ah is that where that date came from?
My mates been saying, "August 8th mate, trust" and tapping his nose for ages now. Bit disappointing that he got that from the fucking Sun.
For some reason this picture makes me laugh
mainly cos of his initials and just thinking 'awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww'
He looks very Mr. Burns in that picture
As if a giant boot is going to come down from the ceiling and kick all those not promising enough French 19 year olds in the background off on loan to Barnet.umlaut_ampersand, Royter-Hatfood, and gonad this'd this
Gary O'Neill
The definition of a "just fackin' run about a bit" player?
Went through patches of rating him and then hating him. I admired his persistence and he must have been a prick to play against as he didn't try and go past players, he'd just run into them.
But he wasn't really good enough to play as a striker or to play as a winger. Definitely should have played more last season instead of some of the wasters that we're still stuck with though.
I have nothing bad to say about Jamie
One of the bright spots of the mad years at Loftus Road.
Redknapp treated him terribly
Talked about wanting the right sort in - then not playing him at all?
Don't blame him for leaving.
The sort of bloke you'd want your sister to go out with. Seems nice and loyal, and too stupid to do anything to hurt her.
You seen Fulham have been linked with Faurlin today?
Will be so fucked off if that happens.
No way
I couldn't believe Redknapp shipped Ale out on loan. He's one player that I think is absolutely crucial for us.
Redknapp is dead to me
if he sells him. Already dislike Redknapp so if he sells Faurlin then fuck him.
he's amazing
what he does is so grafting that it's impossible to tell how good or bad he is, either in general or even game by game, because there are no highlights or significant dips. Obviously you objectively know that he's not a *great* player, but beyond that it's virtually impossible to tell whether he's the man that's holding the team together or a chancer that is robbing a living in a sport he doesn't know how to play very well. Very good at golf, apparently
Hope he passes it and can fit straight into the side. Him alongside Medo, yummy.
Always seemed to try hard but never, ever looked close to being good enough. We hardly knew thee, scaffolder.
Don't want to use such as 'he's found his level'
but he was one of our top performers in the Champo last season. Happy with the addition, fingers crossed.
The Bolton fan at my work was very happy with him
But I think that was mostly because he wasn't Keith Andrews or Mark "Disco" Davies.
aye, hopefully this means the back of andrews and his monstrously high wages
Ah mark davies. Wonderful player, excellent spray tan. Favourite (probs untrue) story about him was that the police were called out to an incident of disorder at a bar in bolton, only to find when they get their Disco dancing on a table and chucking twenty pound notes into the crowd.
In what can only really be described as *a real turn up for the books* Fabregas has pledged his future to Barcelona
Pretty devastated if I'm honest
don't worry mate
leon osman is still on his way.Antpocalypsenow and Parsefone this'd this
It's ok
Ronaldo should be signing any minute now. The Sun would not lie to us.
this shit never ends, does it?
"he's not for sale" - they just want more money
"i don't want to go" - trying to keep the fans happy
signs new contract - might contain clauses
transfer window closes - deal agreed for next summerlittlebirds and umlaut_ampersand this'd this
- Antpocalypsenow and littlebirds this'd this
Not just been one player, has it?
Thiago, Strootman to a lesser extent, Fabregas. You'd put it down to the miscievous press, had it not been United publically telling everyone they were in for players.
Not sure anything ever came from the club about Strootman
But yea, not into this new public pursuit thing, it's quite unbecoming
or Thiago?
The official line from Barca, Utd and Thiago himself has always been that no bids were made. Even though it's clear there must have been some kind of discussions opened with either with Barca or Thiago himself.
I'm surprised he took so long to say he wasn't interested
Makes me wonder if there was at least slight interest on his side. (Or if he was using United to get a better contract...).
June 11th - even before the Thiago saga...
I wonder why he didn't just refer back to that then? Seems a bit funny to announce that you're calling a press conference just to re-state something you've already said. Oh well. Funny or not he's not coming.
Hence it being such a strange pursuit
1. Player had said he wasn't interested well in advance.
2. United make a low ball bid Barca wouldn't sell for if they were desperate.
3. United give up about £10m short of his valuation, even though there's been *some* signs that Barcelona might sell if they meet it, and *some* signs that Cesc might leave if he's not wanted.
It's cretinous enough to give rise to rumours that it's a smoke screen for Ronaldo's return to United, with Real desperate to land Bale before the news gets out... But I'm much more inclined to believe it's complete incompetence.
I'm coming round to your point of view
All along I figured there must be _something_ in it, because surely United wouldn't be that dense to do what they did without interest. Thinking that he might be somewhat interested and was just denying it in case they couldn't agree a final deal and he was left to face the Barca fans.
Maybe United *are* just that dense.
It's pretty obvious that United had some encouragement from somewhere
Sid Lowe said a couple of weeks ago that he thought Cesc's agent was using United's interest to get Barca to commit to him (in terms of his importance rather than a contract), that sounds pretty likely I'd say.
None of which is to say he'd never have gone there though - being the main man in United's midfield is a pretty good fallback option if the plan had backfired.
Oh, without a doubt
I still reckon that a £40m bid would have at least tempted Barca to sell. Have no idea what the loopy loopholes in his contract are with regards to Arsenal though.
Not that it seemingly matters anymore,
but from what I've read it sounds like Arsenal have an agreed buy back price of around £30m, but that only comes into play if Barca accept an offer from another club and are also due a hefty chunk of any fee over the initial £25m they paid for him.
Pretty certain that if United had a bid accepted we'd have slapped in a bid too, suspect it's probably a good thing it didn't come to that.
Christ, we've put out a sodding statement about it
We're turning into a right fucking circus
'We appreciate Cesc is a contracted player at Barcelona and completely respect everything Cesc has said today.'
We'll probably put in another bid tomorrow. Down to the original £25m. Take it or leave it.
a long way to go before you rival the Rogers/LFC pr machine
but do carry on.
Flamini training with Arsenal *allegedly*
Used to fucking love Flamini, he's such a cunt.
amazing if true. always thought he was a bit crap anyway.
For that one year (2007-8) the midfield of Hleb Flamini Fabregas and Rosicky was amazing. Loved him in that team. Scored a peach against Newcastle.
Played LB in the CL run to the final too. I liked him a lot before he turned evil.
Pretty sure he redeemed himself by trying to kill half the Spurs team
when they had their little outing in the CL a couple of seasons ago.
this is well bad
icy blood :/
definite yellow.
Football is a physical game and sometimes things like that can happen.aboynamedgoo this'd this
Loved that 07/08 team
Flamini's somehow still only 29. Obviously we're just letting him build up his fitness while he looks for a club, but when Arsene belatedly realises that Dortmund probably won't sell us Gundogan for £15.30 and a model of an Emirates plane...no-class this'd this
he'll be like a new signing.
Bit of a shame to lose the 100% preseason record
but there's usually fuck all you can do when Ronaldo decides to do his thing.
That Elfsborg-Celtic game made me bored, then angry, then hungry, then bored again.
Tranmere away
someone quickly break Dave Challinor's arms. Cockends.
- brusma this'd this
I'm kind of conflicted by this. As a Rickie fan great to see him get a cap and he deserves it.
But as a Saints fan it usually means the player's performances will get worse.
- Royter-Hatfood, gonad, Christophales, and 8stepstoperfection this'd this
- Antpocalypsenow, deadonthestairs, and twentynine this'd this
great news, well done Rickie
surely Lallana has to get in there soon though
it's be pretty ironic if...
City made such a hoo ha about being the self-proclaimed new Barca, all that tiki taka bollocks, and United just brought in Moyesy, signed a big lump, hoofed it up to him all day and won the league again.
- mala this'd this
hope you lot like this.
From the comments
' I really like watching football to post-rock. It makes it much more pleasant to watch.'
Replied too quick
Does anyone else watch a live game whilst listening to music? I couldn't concentrate properly myself.
- Royter-Hatfood and umlaut_ampersand this'd this
Not only has Rickie gained his first call up but his partner also gave birth today!
Not a bad day really is it?
apparently QUITE GOOD
starting to think AVB has a dangerous central midfielder obsession though
Devastating news.
Louis Saha has retired.
- meths this'd this
He was really fucking good.
There was a period for us around 07/08ish when I remember him being the difference in an awful lot of narrow victories and that was in a squad which featured Ronaldo, Rooney and Tevez all at their best for us.
If he wasn't so injury prone I think he would have scored 100+ goals for us.
He missed a penalty against Celtic in the Champions League
Will always remember him fondly for that.
"you miiiiiiiight as well face it, you're addicted to loooooooooooo...SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT"harru this'd this
they've been showing that on Sky Sports News
i think he's doing it on purpose to show that he doesn't give a shit about annoying everyone at Liverpool
what is this supposed to show?
man with amazing lifestyle continues to be happy with amazing lifestyle despite disagreement at work. MONSTER
didn't know Bernard had joined Shaktar
maybe we should have another no-bants football thread for actual news?
oh, me neither :(
his agent was well annoying, constantly insisting he should go to porto or shakhtar I WONDER WHY YOU SELF-SERVING DICKHEAD
His agent was his Dad
look at the baller private jet he flew to Donetsk on http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/420373/Arsenal-and-Tottenham-target-Bernard-pictured-in-London-hotel
Who's gonna be the cheap Fantasy League heroes this season? I'm entering my first proper one tonight, the kind where you actually pay money and stuff.
I reckon De Bruyne is gonna have a big season
and I wouldn't have thought he'd be too expensive on those things, but I don't really play them. You always want to go for strikers who the Fantasy Football organisers have somehow classified as midfielders, don't you?MIDDLEMAN this'd this
my team
Mignolet (Davis)
Ivanovic Toure Collins Parr Brayford
Hazard Walcott Silva Snodgrass Lucas
RVP Lukaku Anelka.
Anelka is pretty good value, presuming he stays fit and is first choice. Otherwise they never really come to light until a month or so in. Pozuelo the new Michu? Coutinho should do well at first but imagine he's not that cheap...
In short, I don't know.
I would've thought De Bruyne and Oscar will rotate,
with Mata and Hazard playing more or less all the time, though I know you'll tell me the team needs to rotate more. Just can't imagine wanting to rest either of them, particularly if you don't get WAZZA
well the people in charge have used the Telegraph as a background on which to play this one out. De Bruyne should be cheap, but how likely is he to get a game in the Prem ahead of Oscar Hazard Mata Schurrle? SCHURRLEy (yesssss) they're ahead in the pecking order?
You only have 11 players for the whole thing in this one too. We did 5 blind bids before the auction tonight, which was tremendously exciting. I definitely overspent on Sturridge.
I think he'll play a lot
but it's a fair call. Like I say, I steer clear of these things so don't have the best idea of how points are scored. I just reckon he'll be cheap and will have a good season.
I think I'd prefer Fantasy Football if you couldn't change your team at all, or if you could do it just once like a real transfer window. Picking a squad in August/September and living or dying by that judgement seems more interesting to me than following the form book week-in, week-out and changing things about to include players you know are playing well. Plus, I'm really lazy.twentynine this'd this
when there's £100 at stake, not to mention pride
it's a small price to pay. But it does begin to grate when I start to think, well fine if Chelsea are gonna jump above us in the table and score 5, at least Hazards gonna get some points. Bale being my captain last year as well was pretty hard to stomach. Every time I saw that fucking heart I got 0 points or something but I felt dirty.
That's exactly how this one works.
And I agree. We have one week to change it in January, but the team you pick tonight is the one you have til then.
I'm playing an FPL as well, but that generally descends into "Who can reshuffle their team to best include Van Persie, Bale and Suarez?".
Another interesting aspect of this one is that there's only one of every player. That changes EVERYTHING.
Yeah it is made a little too easy
Think I'd prefer it if you choose say a 20-man strong squad, and then do your rotating that way, rather than transfers. Stick to the real life windows, as you say.
I hate that shit.
John fucking Walters.
Shawcross Baines Ivanovic
Mata Fellaini Scott Sinclair (assuming he leaves) Snodgrass
Berbatov Soldado Bony
My current team
Baines Mertesacker Zabaleta
Paulinho Sinclair Matt Fellaini
Lambert Bony Negredo
de Gea
Baines, Mertesacker, Luiz
Coutinho, Ramsey, Navas, Snodgrass
Sturridge, Bony, Torres
... very subject to change though.
Baines Cahill Koscielny Clichy
Bale Snodgrass Navas
Lukaku Lambert Anichebe
But thinking about changing 2 or 3 of those.
Bit of agonising once I learnt Chelsea are playing cannon fodder at home twice first week
Mignolet (Foster)
Azpilicueta Zabaleta Evans Garrido
Lennon Mata Snodgrass Wanyama Wilshere
RVP Anelka Agbonlahor
Most of the new players are grotesquely overpriced. 8.0 for Bony? Fuck off.
my team...
David De Gea (Gazzinga)
Richards, Mertesacker, Zabaleta (Whittaker, Turner)
Wilshere, Lampard, Zaha, Paulinho (Cowie)
Jovetic, Van Persie, Lukaku
Zaha, certainly
Richards, idk... wasn't he injured for a while? I'm anticipating a return to the Richards overlap.
but then I guess you have actual wingers now.
Reffering to having Richards and Zabaleta.
They'll never be on the pitch at the same time so you're wasting one of your defenders.
Iavnovic, Johnson, Enrique
Dembele, Hazard, Carzola, Mata
Aspas Dzeko van Wolfswinkel
was thinking hard about Dzeko.
Available for a very good price for how far up the point rankings he is, and has featured prominently in our pre-season. I just can't bring myself to put any faith in him/still expect him to spend most of the season looking sulky on the bench.
thing is, City have four strikers who are all roughly around the same sort of level.
maybe not in terms of quality, but sort of squad standing, as in, too senior and expensive to be happy to play second fiddle, unlike at other clubs, where, say, Welbeck and Hernandez conceivably could, or Ba, Lukaku or a few others.
he might be a good call, could conceivably score 20 goals, but i'd probably pick players who are pretty certain to play every week.
i've gone for Soldado, van Wolfswinkel and Benteke, but i'm really not sure. in previous years those who have done best have generally been those who've gone for at least one elite striker (a Suarez, van Persie, etc).
Has to be van Persie doesn't it
Only striker in the top 3 absolutely guaranteed to be playing week in week out. And yeah, that's pretty much exactly why I've not gone for any City striker or midfielder.
My thoughts were that he'll probably play constantly at the beinning of the year while Aguero
is getting fit and he's been talking about being confident so he'll probably bag a hat full during the first few weeks and go up in value. Then the plan is to transfer him as soon as the balloon of a first touch returns.
Just going to do the Sky one this season I think
Dawson Pieters Clyne Riise
Sissoko Wilshere Coutinho Bale (?)
Sturridge Benteke
12Bet Stadium
Apparently Selhurst Park has been renamed to the "12Bet Stadium" for the coming season. :(
I must remember not to confuse our little tip with the Maracana though.
trying and failing to make phone calls
classic itv
Sounds like some clubs are getting a bit desperate.
City in for £50m Suarez and £40m Willian, amongst others. Hmmm.
Florentino Perez apparently thinks €100 mil is a lot
But Levy will still drive for more. Just take the money you div, having an unhappy Bale on your hands will be detrimental and mean he'll be worth about half come next summer.
depends, how much is CL qualification actually worth?
it's mainly anecdotal from growing up near him and having mutual connections, but i know bale is not the archetypal sulker - if levy refuses to sell now he won't be completely toys out of the pram, he'll still be a major asset for spurs this season. (even players like tevez come back from their tantrums and knuckle down when they realise they have no choice.
if it's 100m now, or 30-50M next summer, but 4th place is more of a possibility with him, that might be a gamble worth taking. (IDK, as i said, how much is CL qualification actually worth?)
( if there's 100M euros cash on the table now though i'd take it.)
we need a new stadium.
Depends on how well Spurs would do in the CL and how well other English clubs do.
With the big increase in PL telly rights and the fact that they'd probably only qualify in fourth, CL qualification isn't really worth the 50-70 million drop in transfer fee.
- Und_Gorgeous_Cars and Miikka this'd this
had a soft spot for the little dude
Also like his backwards cap that says "gervinho"
Roflham Lolspurs
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NEWTON, Mass. --The Lasell College men's lacrosse team capped off the 2017 regular season with a 16-9 victory over the Anna Maria College AMCATS Saturday afternoon at Grellier Field. Lasell improves to 11-3, and a perfect 8-0 in conference play for the first time since the 2012 season. The AMCATS drop to 3-13, and 1-7 in conference games.
The Lasers came out firing fast and often in the first, as Alex McCormack-Kuhman recorded three of his team-high five goals. Six different Lasers scored in the first quarter to give Lasell a 12-0 lead.
Anna Maria got on the scoreboard from Kyle Benning (Puyallup, Wash.) with 11:52 remaining in the second. William Gillis and Austin Shindoll each added a goal in the second, before the AMCATS added two more, cutting the Lasers' lead to 14-3 at the break.
Anna Maria would see goals from Kurt Richardson (Narragansett, R.I.), Ryan Rockwal (Chicopee, Mass.), Paul Mills (Auburn, Mass.) and Benning in the second half, but could not gain footing for a potential comeback run.
Salazar recorded three saves in net for the Lasers, while Andrew Modungo and Ryan Janovic had five and three saves respectfully. Paul Schwarz (Staten Island, N.Y.) had 18 saves for the AMCATS.
Dolan and Swift each went 9-12 from the face-off X, and freshman Ben Werner went 1-3. Tyler Cheverier (Deep River, Conn.) led the AMCATS going 5-17.
Swift also lead the Lasers with seven groundballs, as Lasell out-battled Anna Maria 40-25.
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- Museums and Art Galleries
- Railway and Transport Attractions
- Petting Zoos
Suitable for ages: Young Children (4-8), Older Children (9-12) and Teenagers (13-18)
Venue type: Indoor, Outdoor
Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum has a range of activity and worksheets available for children. Their Education Room has information about the wildfowl and there is a woodland trail to follow with information boards about the trees, wildlife and ancient buildings.
As well as the birds on the reserve we also have rabbits, Kune Kune pigs and lambs in the spring.
Whether you want to play in the willow explore the play area, ride on the train or play hide and seek in the woods, whatever the weather there is always something fun to do and families are welcome to picnic on the picnic tables near the play area.
- Restaurant Onsite
- Onsite Shop
- Snacks Available
- Wheelchair Friendly
- Toilets Available
- Baby Changing Available
- Disabled Toilets Available
Getting There and Contact Information
Halland, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5AF, England
Click here to visit Bentley Wildfowl and Motor Museum's website
01825 840573
Standard Opening Times and Pricing
Opening hours
Monday to Sunday 10:00 - 17:00
General Admission
Adults: £9.00
Kids: £6.00
Seniors: £7.00
Family: £28.00
A delightfully eccentric day out
Written by James, Lynne and Jacob . 22.07.17
A great value and eccentric day out. Included in the admission price is entry to the Glyndebourne Wood, with its recreations of ancient wattle-and-daub houses and shelters; the gardens (and sometimes the interior) of the Bentley house; the motor museum and the wildfowl centre. All areas of the attraction are connected by the Bentley Miniature Railway, which is maintained and operated by volunteers, including some elderly chaps who actually used to work on full-size steam trains on the rail network back in the 1960s. It is an additional cost (currently £1 per head, free for under 3s) but well worth it … the entire circuit takes about 20 minutes. And you can hop on and off at your pleasure. The wood is a pleasant stroll. There is a "Go Ape"-style concession there (NOT actually a Go Ape, but a similar premise) which is also an additional cost. At the entry to the woods is a small playground for the under-12s and picnic tables, if you've brought a packed lunch. In the main courtyard you'll find the café which is well stocked, licensed and does surprisingly good grub for a place with a captive audience. You may also find miniature ponies trotting around. The motor museum has a few permanent exhibits but most cars are actually on loan from their owners, so there's a constant rotation of cars. Highlights of our visit were a Lagonda Rapide, a Benetton F1 car and a Gordon Keeble GT (one of only 100 ever built). The wildfowl centre is really something. Don't forget to buy a bag of seed before you visit. Nearly every species of wildfowl in the world is present here. There are several types of swan but not the Mute Swans you tend to see on lakes (too common).


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An Apology
by m. james moore
It seemed that everyone but Winston Mitnick had an original idea. Either that, or all of his ideas simply came too late.
It had been not two years ago, after he'd just conceived the most extraordinary idea for a novel while strolling through JC Penney, that he strolled into a bookshop containing a large cardboard stand-alone display of a book based on that very idea.
Not a week ago, he'd determined he would become a famous writer for his award-winning, critically-acclaimed adventure of an archeologist on the hunt for treasure, only to discover than Indiana Jones debuted that same day.
Only a thousand or so instances per day seemed to happen such as was his luck, but he came to reason that if at least he knew they were his own creation, just thought of by someone else first, he began to rationalize that his creativity must be exceptional.
Soon, he began to simply look up titles in the "coming soon" posters in bookstops and movie theatres, noticing all of them bore close resemblance to ideas he'd had that very day, having never seen those announcements or anything like them but in his own imagination.
However, the day before his tragic fall from grace that landed him a permanent residency in the Richmond Home for the Mentally Distressed, he'd decided to write an autobiography. This, he thought, couldn't possibly have been imagined before.
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Victorian motorcycle rider Max Lichtenbaum has unsuccessfully challenged a fine handed to him by police for using a camera attached to his helmet, setting an important legal precedent for riders in the state.
Mr Lichtenbaum copped a $289 fine and a three demerit points penalty, Victorian police using a technicality within the rules to argue the camera was an "unauthorised alteration" to an otherwise Australian Standards-approved helmet.
Items that protrude more than 5mm from the helmet surface are deemed illegal attachments, the police argue, and therefore render the helmet non-compliant with the Australian Standards.
In other words, as far as Victoria Police were concerned, it's as if the rider wasn't wearing an Australian Standards-approved helmet at all.
In all Australian states and territories, motorcycle riders must wear a helmet approved by Australian Standards while riding.
But Mr Lichtenbaum disagreed with the legitimacy of his fine, and took his case to Frankston Law Courts with the help of staunch motorcycle rights campaigners, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers - and lost.
As a landmark ruling by a Victorian court, the decision effectively bans motorcycle riders in that state from wearing helmets with cameras attached, regardless of the method used to secure them.
"This result is a disappointing outcome for riders and for motorcycle safety," lawyer for Maurice Blackburn, Malcolm Cumming, said.
"Riders tell us they wear helmet cameras to improve their safety while on the roads and that drivers and other road users show more care when there is a camera in use. Riders should not be penalised for trying to improve the safety of their riding."
Mr Cumming said the cameras were also ideal for capturing evidence during a collision, and that various irregularities in state laws had created a "dog's breakfast" regarding helmet camera regulations.
Helmet Roulette
So why does a nationally-binding rule - in this case, the Australian Standards for helmet safety - mean different things in different states?
While riders in Victoria are now fair game for police to start dishing out the fines, it would seem, New South Wales police has already been targeting riders in known motorcycle enthusiast areas and fining them for wearing cameras.
Riders in Victoria have also reported fines for wearing tinted visors - and all of these fines have related to technicalities over what constitutes an Australian Standards-approved helmet and whether the helmet can be 'altered'.
But further north, police motorcycle riders in Queensland are not only wearing helmet cameras themselves, they're happy to inform the public of that fact in the name of raising awareness of a road safety campaign (see video).
Ditto Western Australia Police; which also released video footage from helmet cameras worn by some of its riders recording motorists using mobile phones while driving.
In fact, police in Queensland and WA are themselves wearing cameras mounted to their helmets - the very act that has seen members of the public fined in NSW, and now, Victoria.
South Australia also has its own approach to motorcycle helmet cameras, with the state deeming them permissible provided the helmet itself has not been altered and still complies with Australian Standards.
Enforcing Australian Standards, says SA, effectively ends after the helmet has been manufactured and purchased.
The decision by the Victorian court also opens a can of worms with other helmet attachments.
Some of these have been in use since motorcycle helmet laws began, but now the legality of simple peaked visors, intercom microphones and receivers have been brought into question, along with more modern attachments such as Bluetooth receivers.
Appeal Considered
Mr Lichtenbaum's fine was reduced and no conviction was recorded, but the remainder of the punishment stood.
Maurice Blackburn announced it would consider further legal avenues before deciding if grounds existed for an appeal.
Mr Cumming called on Australian lawmakers to standardise helmet laws which allowed riders to embrace new technology in the name of improving their safety.
Victoria Police declined to comment when contacted by the ABC.
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You may have noticed peer-to-peer (P2P) updating in Windows 10. It acts a lot like downloading and seeding torrent files: Those in need of an update pull small bits of it from countless other Windows 10 owners, and vice versa.
That can take a lot of pressure off of Microsoft's servers, and can be a great way to update a bunch of machines on a company LAN. For those on a home or small business connection, P2P updating can eat through your data allowance and kill performance; luckily, Microsoft saw fit to include some controls that limit download and upload bandwidth, as well as put a cap on the maximum data you'll use in a month, in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.
SEE: Software usage policy (Tech Pro Research)
These controls are a bit buried, though, so here's how to get to them.
- Open the Settings app.
- Click on Update & Security.
- In Update & Security click on Advanced Options (right above Update At Your Convenience).
- On the Advanced Options screen click on Delivery Optimization.
- Choose Advanced Options again, and from here you can control download and upload settings, as well as put a cap on how much you'll upload per month.
Also see
- 20 pro tips to make Windows 10 work the way you want (free PDF) (TechRepublic)
- Can my machine run the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update? (TechRepublic)
- Windows 10 Fall Creators Update: How to use OneDrive Files On-Demand (TechRepublic)
- Gallery: What's new in Microsoft's Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (TechRepublic)
- Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is here: Should you upgrade now? (ZDNet)
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Aside from the bachelorettes, there are 17 other people living in Kardia Village. They each are unique and have their own likes and dislikes. Try befriending them all for a fun challenge!
Jean Rosetta's Father and he runs a Supply shop of sorts.
BirthDay: Spring 3rd
Likes: -Bullhorn -Moondrop -Salted Chub (Frying Pan Lv 4) -salted Rainbow Trout (Frying Pan Lv 7)
Edward The Local doctor and Camus's father.
BirthDay: Winter 8th
Likes: -Antidotal Herb -Fried Skipjack** (Frying Pan Lv 47) -Sashimi of: Rainbow trout, Masu Trout, Salmon and Snapper
Jasper The Wealthiest Man in Kardia Village and he is Bianca's father. BirthDay: Summer 3rd
Likes: -All kinds of Crops (Cub, Tomato, Pumpkin, Onion, etc.) -Cooked fish (except trouts) -Milk -Omelette** (Frying Pan Lv 35) -Royal Curry (Pot Lv 90)
Russell Owns the local libray and is Ceccelia's father. BirthDay: Spring 20th
Likes: -Chinese Manju** (Steamer Lv 8) -Corn
Wesley The local Priest and Larra's father.
BirthDay: Winter 17th
Likes: -Dry Curry (Frying Pan Lv 36) -Orange Juice** (Mixer Lv 8) -Steamed Cake (Steamer Lv 25) -Tomato Juice (Mixer Lv 5)
Godwin The Mayor of Kardia and Felicity's father.
BirthDay: Summer 23th
Likes: -Boiled Gyoza** (Pot Lv 20) -Pineapple -Wool
Nicholas Sabrina's and Neumann's son, and has taken a liking to Cecilia.
BirthDay: Summer 30th
Likes: -Coloured grass -Stew (Pot Lv 40) -Strawberry
Cecilia Russel's Daughter, she is also half elf and is fond of going in caves.
BirthDay: Summer 12th
Likes: -All kinds of jewels (Ruby, Aquamiarine, Amethyst, Emerald, Sapphire, etc.) -Aquamarine** -Strawberry milk
Sabrina Nicholas's mother, she owns the Fishing shop by the beach.
BirthDay: Winter 4th
Likes: -Any Sashimi -Grape Liqueur** (Pot Lv 8)
Neumann Nicholas's father, he owns Neumanns farm.
BirthDay: Spring 13th
Likes: -Egg -Fried Snapper (Fryin Pan Lv 45) -Grilled Shrimp** (Knife Set Lv 25)
Luke A traveler and a poet who has got his heart set on Rosetta.
BirthDay: Winter 28th
Likes: -Fried Squid (Frying Pan Lv 12) -Moondrop -Strawberry -Whitestone (friendiness +8)
Ivan A Merchant who peddles from city to city with his goods.
BirthDay: unkown
Likes: unknown
Zavier A fiery young boy who explores caves, he has a soft spot for Mist.
BirthDay: Summer 13th
Likes: -Apple -Cornflakes (Frying Pan Lv 10) -Medicinal Herb -Tomato
Emmett The Local Bar owner of the Spring Rabbit.
BirthDay: Spring 30th
Likes: -Ultimate Curry (Pot Lv 38) -Wine (available in the Bar) -Rare Wine +7
Lady Ann The local Inn owner, she is the mother of Zavier and Tori
BirthDay: Summer 20th
Likes: -Curry Udon (Pot Lv 16) -Pineappple Juice (Mixer Lv 3) (Available at Sabrina's store) -Sweet Poatao -Toyherb
Camus He owns the monster supply shop, he is Edwards son. He also has a small crush on Melody. BirthDay: Autumn 14th
Likes: -Coloured grass -Milk -Tomato Juice
Leo He owns the local blacksmith's shop.
BirthDay: Winter 11th
Likes: -Butter (Mixer Lv 15) -Bronze Bracelet** (Decoration Lv 5) -Curry Powder -Flour -Rice Dumplings -Salted Pond Smelt (Frying Pan Lv 18)
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ENV: Not-Really-a-Cat-Friday
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I have recently acquired a series of new specimens of land snails in the genus Cerion for some comparative research i am doing. One of the species added to my series is Cerion striatellum. This genus is probably best known by the writings of Stephen Jay Gould who focused on this group and used it to help form some of his own theories about evolution (see my collection of obituaries and tributes to Gould here, here, here, and here).
The picture here is of a live Cerion striatellum taken in the West Indies, where all the various species are found. Some 600+ species have been described from the Caribbean, although Gould thought that there were more likely only about 20 species.
In looking at some of these specimens i was struck by their resemblance to a Texas Hill Country endemic that i also work with, Goldfuss's Mitre-Snail, Holospira goldfussi (seen below). Note the deep carinated striations in both species. Various species in both genera also sport internal lamellae that often end as a tooth-like expression. Though the Cerion tend to be rather hive-shaped, there is still a general resemblance in the overall aspect of the snails' profiles.


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Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV) has announced it would enroll 50 students for the bachelor degree of the first academic year at the end of next August.
Those students failing to meet the requirements of English
proficiency due to family backgrounds or economic conditions will be
supported to improve their English skills in the initial phase.
of the university's curricula are instructed in English and university
lecturers are from the world's prestigious universities.
Dam Bich
Thuy, president of FUV, said the university's curricula are designed to
encourage students and lecturers to engage in discussions, allowing
students to speak out their minds.
Before entering the first
academic year slated for the fall of 2019, the 50 students will be
required to experience the co-design year under which the university's
lecturers will join hands with students to determine the foundation for
the university culture where students are engaged and empowered at FUV.
students of the co-design year will have the opportunity to win the FUV
Founding Scholarship, which comprises a full scholarship to participate
in the Co-Design Year 2018-2019 and a partial scholarship for the
students' remaining four years at FUV worth approximately US$5,000 per
The applications for admission are to be available by December 1.
FUV was given a decision by the city government this May on the
university's establishment and has become the first non-profit private
university in Vietnam.
Located at Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) in
District 9, the university was estimated to require an initial
investment of US$70 million.
This June, the university received
two grants worth a total of US$15.5 million from the U.S. government
while the municipal authority has allocated 25 hectares of land at SHTP
for the university, with 15 hectares for the campus and 10 hectares for


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Serenity, ...Wow! Unique, New, Intelligent, Exciting!
Movie Review: Serenity, ...Wow! Unique, New, Intelligent, Exciting
Last night, we went to the Pre screening of the new Universal release, Serenity. I was expecting a Battlestar galactica, Sci-Fi, movie with R2D2, 3 headed aliens, laser beams and very little story.
I couldn't have been more wrong.
Serenity was a surprise for several reasons, but the biggest surprise is that Hollywood is capable of creating something new. This movie was refreshing for its avoiding all the clichés of past space movies. When you get so lost in the story that you forget that it is a space movie, then it ceases to be a space movie and becomes just what it is, a riveting story with interesting characters.
Captain Reynolds's ship is his final refuge after losing a war to a big brother style empire that is imposing its utopian model on its neighboring planets. The infighting and dissention amongst his crew of freebooters takes a turn when one of the passengers becomes a target of government assassins. Reynolds's crew questions his decision to protect the young girl and even the audience might ask the same question, but you begin to realize that Reynolds may not have been looking for a fight, but a fight found him.
The result is an intelligent storyline surrounding the desire of some to create the perfect state at the expense of free will, individuality, and love itself. This philosophical debate does not occur on a PBS roundtable, it happens at high speed in incredible fight sequences, well-timed comic relief, and in the context of relationships between the rich characters.
One thing I appreciated was the richness of the female characters. It was not interstellar T&A and it was not Females filling less than credible male macho roles. The women were well-developed personalities that existed wholly on their own merits, not because of the men they were attached to, yet all of them were vulnerable as well.
The word that kept running through my head as we left the theater was "balance". Serenity is not a space movie, nor is it a western dressed up like a space movie, but the cowboy metaphor is touched on just enough to create some entertaining sequences. I enjoyed the homage to Woodcock from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the man on the train that protected the vault and said, "Butch, you know that if it were *my* money, there is nobody that I would rather have steal it than you. But, you see, I am still in the employment of E. H. Herriman, of Union Pacific Railroad." The audience roared with laughter as Reynolds was robbing a bank and debated with the bank security man about how to explain it to his boss. The comedy was balanced in that it did not take away from the action or seem out of place. The characters were balanced. The story was evenly paced and pulled you a long. The only pause I had was wondering how the story could resolve itself and the loose ends did come together in the end in a number of clever twists.
My wife had told me before we went that she didn't like Science Fiction. So as my wife and I left the theater, she said, "What a surprise! That was a great story". She said, "That movie was not at all what I expected. It was Exciting and thoughtful". She said, "It was very balanced". I thought what strange word to apply to such an action packed movie.
If you are tired of Hollywood's endless sequels, Grisham/Clancy, Cartoon remakes, 70s spin-offs, and the copycat knock offs, try something new. Don't wait for the Video. Go see Serenity this weekend. If you think Serenity is just a space movie, then a Kurosawa film is just a samurai movie.
This movie is Unique, Refreshing, action packed, Funny and one of the more literary and intelligent messages I have seen in years. I highly recommend this movie.


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Agenda : Awards : Exhibitors : Sponsors
Friday: Opening Address | Breakout Session A | Breakout Session B | Breakout Session C | Keynote Address
Saturday: Workshops
Saturday: Workshops
|8:00 a.m.
|Dining Hall
|Registration/Exhibits Open
|9:00 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.
|Dining Hall
|Opening Address
Signe Holtz -- Endangered Resources Bureau Director, WI Department of Natural Resources
|9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Concurrent Breakout Sessions - A
|Long House
School Forest Garlic Mustard Monitoring: Engaging Teachers and Students
Jeremy Solin, Wisconsin School Forest Education Specialist
This was a pilot project of the school forest monitoring network. A summary of the project will be shared, highlighting how the project was used by teachers to connect students to environmental issues. Results of data collected will be discussed as will future plans of the school forest monitoring network. Ideas on how to engage teachers in monitoring projects will also be shared.
Charter Schools
Paul Tweed, Augusta High School Science/Wildlands Science Research School
|Upper Program Center
Water Monitoring Strategy
Mike Staggs, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat, WI Department of Natural Resources
Rivers Pilot Project
Denny Caneff, River Alliance of Wisconsin
|Lower Program Center
Federally Endangered and Threatened Species Monitoring
Ursula C. Petersen, Biologist, Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
In our program to protect federally listed species in Wisconsin from pesticide harm, we inspect and monitor species and habitats, some regularly, others occasionally. We use this information to make management recommendations to private and public managers and to EPA regarding pesticide registrations and use. Several plant species and their sites have been monitored by us with help from public and private partners including over 150 volunteers since the early 1990's. As we move to additional projects, our need is for volunteer groups and individuals to adopt species sites, to coordinate their monitoring from one to 3 times annually, to learn and train others to use the methods, and to report data consistently. The additional information collected by volunteers will fill the data gaps due to time and funding limitations. The data will also allow better state-wide oversight of the status of each species over time and possibly help with recovery as well as management. Volunteers could also help us with newer projects around the state such as water monitoring and sampling.
Volunteer Carnivore Track Surveys - Part of an Integrated Approach to Monitoring Wisconsin Wolves
Jane E. Wiedenhoeft, Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Since 1979 Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) has used radiotelemetry, aerial surveys, and winter track surveys to obtain an annual over winter count of the state's wolf population. As the wolf population began to increase and spread in the early 1990's, WDNR recognized a future need to supplement agency surveys. In 1995 we initiated a volunteer carnivore tracking program to recruit and train volunteers to conduct winter track surveys throughout wolf range. Volunteers have more than doubled the mileage surveyed in the state by agency trackers. Statistical comparison of volunteer and agency survey results indicates both training and experience are important components in obtaining reliable results. Since 2000 we have integrated survey data from trained, experienced volunteers with our other data sets to determine the over winter wolf count and to map wolf distribution in the state. Obtaining an accurate over winter wolf count has been critical to monitoring this species currently listed as state protected and federally endangered.
|10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
|Dining Hall
|11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
|Concurrent Breakout Sessions - B
|Long House
Integrating Research in the Regular Biology Classroom -- Grantsburg High School 2005
Matt Berg, Grantsburg High School
During the spring semester, summer and fall semester of 2005, students from Grantsburg High School and their instructor participated in two citizen-science projects. The first analyzed mussel communities below four dams on the Yellow, Clam and Wood Rivers in northwestern Wisconsin as well as a high density control site. At each site, mussels and substrate were collected from 100 quadrats (0.25m2). Substrate was separated into five size classes and weighed, and all mussels were identified, measured and aged using annular rings. A numbered vinyl tag was also attached to the first 200 mussels at each site for future growth analysis. Students also sampled dragonfly exuviae (exoskeletons) from 70 sites on the St. Croix and Namekagon Rivers to learn more about dragonfly communities in general, and rare species in particular. Initial analysis of 16,159 exuviae resulted in 43 species identified including the Cyrano Darner, Nasiaeschna pentacantha, a species not previously known to occur in Minnesota. Both of these projects allowed students to learn more about the local environment while participating in a challenging, hands-on experience.
Wisconsin NatureMapping in Classroom Curriculum
Sara Schmidt and Rick Koziel, Beaver Creek Reserve
NatureMapping is a statewide biodiversity survey program that allows volunteers to document their wildlife observations on the Wisconsin NatureMapping website at www.wisnatmap.org. This program is innately appropriate for school groups since it provides the basic requirements for teachers to develop field surveys into the curriculum (i.e. protocols, online data sheets, and central location to report data). In an effort to reach beyond citizen scientists, six middle and high school teachers were recruited to attend a one-day workshop and develop activities specifically for student/class related projects utilizing the NatureMapping website. The three projects developed include an Asian Beetle Study, Fish and Water Study, and Milkweed Community Study. All three are active on the NatureMapping website, complete with teacher resources for simple integration into classroom curriculum. The developed activities also address the Wisconsin Model Academic Standards.
Training Adults for Water Monitoring...Perceiving the Differences
Bob Korth, University of Wisconsin - Extension
The long road to adulthood comes with a lot of baggage. We become set in our ways and have definite ideas on the world we live in. Join in on a discussion of methods for training and working with adult learners. Discover techniques and tips on how to assure the adult learners enjoy their experience and gain needed knowledge. These methods and ideas are used as part of the Wisconsin Citizen Lake Monitoring Network training, sponsored by the Wisconsin Lakes Partnership.
|Upper Program Center
Research and Citizen Involvement at the Department of Natural Resources
Jack Sullivan, Bureau of Integrated Science Services, WI Department of Natural Resources
Overview of DNR's Fish, Wildlife, and Forestry Research Program. Presentation will include an overview of how the agency accomplishes it's research needs, highlight selected current research studies and emphasize how we utilize citizens to help us accomplish our work.
Trappers and Furbearer Management
John Olson, Bureau of Wildlife Management, WI Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin has an extensive and growing population of trained trappers involved in furbearer management through the Wisconsin Trappers Association (WTA). Old or young, members are active in nearly all aspects of furbearer management. From trap research to species preservation, the WTA has been far more than just an interested user group. They've become serious partners in conservation management in Wisconsin. This brief talk will describe over a dozen different activities where trappers are working with the department and others to benefit the future of these unique resources.
Gilbert Creek and Elk Creek Cold Water Habitat Evaluation
Matthew Rasmussen, UW-Stout Applied Science Senior
As a summer intern for the Ojibleau chapter of Trout Unlimited, I have had the opportunity to evaluate Gilbert Creek in Dunn County, as well as, Elk Creek in Chippewa County, Dunn County, and Eau Claire County. The creeks were evaluated for ten weeks during the summer of 2005. Biological and physical parameters were measured in both creeks. Biological parameters measured include the following: water temperature, pH, conductivity, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, salinity, E. coli, fecal coliform, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Physical parameters include the following: Mean stream width, channel condition, bank height, sediment depth, and velocity. This collection of data is the initial process in understanding the quality of these cold water habitats. In turn, this data will be utilized by the Department of Natural Resources to better manage these habitats for brook trout.
|Lower Program Center
Volunteer Monitoring of Atrazine in Wisconsin Lakes Located along an Agricultural Land Use Intensity Gradient
Paula E. Allen, Envtl. Hydrogeologist/Paleoecologist, WI Dept. of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
Atrazine is the most commonly used pesticide in the state. Not surprisingly, atrazine is also the most commonly detected pesticide in Wisconsin rivers and streams. Although lakes are prominent features on the Wisconsin agricultural landscape little is known about atrazine concentrations in lakes.
With the help of lake monitoring volunteers across the state, the WDATCP began a survey of atrazine in lakes during the summer of 2005. Based on preliminary results from 42 lakes using the RaPID© Immunoassay test method for atrazine, atrazine concentrations ranged from below the method detection limit of 0.10 µg/L to 0.4 µg/L. The median lake atrazine concentration was 0.10 µg/L.
These results suggest that although atrazine concentrations are below USEPA the proposed surface water quality criteria for atrazine of 12 µg/L, atrazine is widespread in Wisconsin Lakes with unknown consequences to specific lakes. Work to determine the relative impact of agricultural land use is on-going.
Challenges and Successes of Volunteer Monitoring at the Zeloski Wetland Restoration
Bryan Huberty, Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator, Rock River Coalition
Citizen-based volunteer monitoring began at the Zeloski Muck Farms in Lake Mills in the fall of 2004 with a pilot project to map invasive plants. It has been expanded during the spring and summer of 2005 to include the biological monitoring of frogs and toads, plants, water quality, birds, dragonflies and damselflies, butterflies and soils/seed bank. The fall and winter will focus on prairie and wetland seed collection as well as monitoring small mammals, carnivore tracking and a local historical/cultural survey. The site is currently in agricultural use until the summer of 2006 when the drainage tiles will be broken and certain ditches filled. There have been many successes and several challenges in training volunteers and determining the best scientific protocols to use in the biological monitoring of wetland pre-restoration.
Wisconsin Statewide Bat Monitoring Program
Dave Redell, Bureau of Endangered Resources, WI Department of Natural Resources
|12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Dining Hall
|1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
|Concurrent Breakout Sessions - C
|Long House
Certifying Monitors in the Rock River Basin
Suzanne Wade, UWEX Rock River Basin Educator
Every person who gives hours of their time to collect natural resource information expects their data to be used. Agencies and organizations have a critical need for this data, especially with monitoring program funds continuing to be cut. But the question arises "How do you know the data is accurate?". This session will discuss how the Rock River Coalition's stream monitoring certification works, what are the problems and what are the benefits.
|Upper Program Center
Monitoring Data Issues
Steve Galarneau, Bureau of Watershed Management, WI Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative (WBCI)
Bill Mueller, Wisconsin Society for Ornithology
Citizen Scientists in ornithology have contributed untold amounts of data and information that has led to conservation efforts nationwide. The Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative (WBCI) and its partners are expanding on these efforts to meet new challenges and informational needs not met by current programs. Opportunities for citizens to contribute to bird conservation have never been greater and WBCI is to target those efforts to meaningful conservation programs.
Citizen Lake Monitoring Network
Jeff Bode, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, WI Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin's Self-Help Citizen Lake Monitoring Network began in 1986. Since that time, the Network has grown and so has the opportunities for lake monitoring. Wisconsin relies on quality lake data volunteers provide for protecting our lakes. Annual reports are prepared and shared with the volunteer monitor, local lake, county and regional interests, as well as with the US Environmental Protection Agency in Wisconsin's Water Quality Report to Congress. As we approach 20 years of monitoring by the Network, we will be bringing the 'Power of the Partnership' to enhance our support for the Network.
The Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan (CWCP)
Signe Holtz, Bureau of Endangered Resources, WI Department of Natural Resources
Wisconsin's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plan takes a look at the animal species that are part of Wisconsin's natural heritage, identifies those that most need our attention for conservation, and provides a roadmap of conservation actions that the conservation community may take to help preserve these species and habitats. Learn about the plan as well as the role that citizen-based monitoring programs may play in this important initiative.
|Lower Program Center
Riparian Property Partnerships
Scott Peterson, The Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters
The Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters (FOTSCH) organization was formed in late December 2004. As a non-profit, citizen-based friends group FOTSCH been very active in getting Governor Doyle to propose the Wild River designation for the St. Croix River headwaters segment.
FOTSCH has been successful in securing funding and garnering support and volunteer time from riparian property owners along the St. Croix. Partnerships have been established with local citizens as well as about a dozen "stakeholder" organizations.
The data that the volunteers have gathered using WAV protocols, and UW-Stevens Point faculty and staff have gathered using advanced methods, will be used to assess overall river health, support a case for protective designations, and provide a baseline for water-quality trend analysis.
FOTSCH plans to continue its work by educating citizens about the use of shoreline buffers, expanding content on its website (www.fotsch.org), involving citizens in collaborative scientific studies (e.g., dragonfly, crayfish, mussel, and fishery), pursuing the acquisition and restoration of a commercial cranberry bog, and working to establish conservation easements along the river.
Effects of Land Use on Water Resources Quality
Mike Miller, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, WI Department of Natural Resources
There is an intimate relationship between the land and water resources. Protecting groundwater, lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands requires wise land use. Human population growth and changes in land use increasingly impact aquatic resources. This presentation provides a brief overview of some of the effects that land use has on water resources quality, and provides insights into how data collected by citizen scientists can be used to assess the health of our aquatic resources.
Local Data Use
Dreux Watermolen, Bureau of Integrated Science Services, WI Department of Natural Resources
Who's Who of Citizen-based Monitoring in Wisconsin
Wendy Stankovich, University of Wisconsin - Platteville
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the University of Wisconsin-Extension received funding through Wisconsin's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Planning Grant to gather information concerning citizen-based monitoring programs in order to provide citizens the opportunity to learn about volunteer opportunities in their communities and promote cooperation among citizen-based monitoring programs.
|3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
|Dining Hall
|3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
|Dining Hall
|Panel Discussion
|Moderator: Laurel Sukup - WI Department of Natural Resources
Panel Members:
Todd Ambs - WI Department of Natural Resources
Bob Howe - University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Betty Les - WI Department of Natural Resources
Dale Luecht - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
George Meyer - Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
Peter Murray - Wisconsin Association of Lakes
Laurie Osterndorf - WI Department of Natural Resources
Suzanne Wade - Rock River Coalition
Panel members answer questions concerning data use, quality control and funding, as well as questions from the audience.
|5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
|Upper Program Center
|Evening Social
|6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
|Dining Hall
|Dinner/Door Prizes
|7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
|Dining Hall
|Keynote Address
Jonathon Ela
Natural Resources Board Member
|7:30 p.m.
|Dining Hall
|Awards Ceremony
|8:00 a.m.
|Dining Hall
|Registration/Exhibits Open
|8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
|Dining Hall
|Workshop Logistics
Bats, Birds, Bugs, Mammals, and Herps
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Loren Ayers, Tara Bergeson, Bob DuBois, Dave Redell, and Jim Woodford; Bureau of Endangered Resources
WI Department of Natural Resources
Learn about current programs and potential opportunities for monitoring bats, birds, bugs, mammals and herps. Presentations will include information on different monitoring techniques and strategies for each taxa group. Breakout sessions will provide one on one time with taxa experts.
Citizen Lake Monitoring Network
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Come join us in a Train the Trainer workshop for the Citizen Lake Monitoring Network. DNR and UWEX staff will walk
you through what the Citizen Lake Monitoring Network is, how you can join the network, and how you, as a volunteer
trainer, can help us expand our monitoring efforts. We will briefly cover what parameters we monitor for then we
will give you hands-on training in techniques to train volunteers in water clarity monitoring and monitoring for
aquatic invasive species on the lakes we so need to protect. A portion of this workshop will be in the classroom
and then we will move out to the lake to demonstrate the techniques learned.
|Effective Grant Writing
|9:00 a.m. - 12 noon
Gail Pierce, River Alliance of Wisconsin;
Carroll Schaal, Bureau of Fisheries Management and Habitat Protection, WI Department of Natural Resources;
Erin Crain, Bureau of Endangered Resources, WI Department of Natural Resources
Learn about current sources of citizen-based monitoring project funding, as well as strategies and techniques for drafting effective grant proposals.
Stream Monitoring Using Water Action Volunteers' Methods
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Kris Stepenuck, Volunteer Stream Monitoring Coordinator, WDNR and UW-Extension; Mike Miller, Baseline Stream
Monitoring Coordinator, WDNR; Jim Peterson, Environmental Resources Center Director (retired), UW-Extension
This training event is designed for those who will be training others to monitor streams using Water Action Volunteers' (WAV) methods. It is ideal for teachers who want to conduct stream monitoring with their classes or for others interested in heading up a citizen stream monitoring effort in their area. The workshop will cover how to monitor 6 parameters of the WAV stream monitoring program including: macroinvertebrate biotic index, habitat assessment, dissolved oxygen, temperature, turbidity, and stream flow. Background information about professional methods for monitoring these parameters will also be given as a comparison for participants. A portion of the workshop will be hands-on at the stream, so participants should bring their own hip boots and dress for being outside for an extended period of time. Participants will be provided with a resource packet and CD in order to plan and prepare for conducting their own training.
Wisconsin NatureMapping Train the Trainer Session
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sara Schmidt, Beaver Creek Reserve
NatureMapping is a statewide biodiversity survey program that allows volunteers to document their wildlife observations on the Wisconsin NatureMapping website at www.wisnatmap.org. The concept of NatureMapping was conceived in Washington in 1993 and has been established in several states since then. The program was founded in Wisconsin in 2002 on the premise that everyday observations of wildlife are useful data. Citizens can observe birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals in Wisconsin, then go to the website to document their observations without the need for GPS or advanced map-reading abilities.
NatureMapping provides an excellent opportunity to involve Wisconsin citizens and school groups as collectors of Wisconsin wildlife data. Professionals are also encouraged to NatureMap. Participants in this training session will receive the information and resources necessary to conduct NatureMapping training sessions in their communities and therefore further disseminate this valuable program. The majority of this training will take place indoors, however, attendees should dress appropriately for a short nature hike.
Wolf Ecology Training
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Adrian Wydeven, Bureau of Endangered Resources, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wolf ecology training will include sharing information on the biology, ecology, and management of gray wolves in Wisconsin. Students will learn about physical characteristics of wolves that are helpful for identifying wolves from other animals, as well as examine how the physical attributes of wolves are useful adaptations to their social predator life style. The annual cycle of wolf activity will be examined including winter nomadic period, breeding season, denning, rendezvous site use, seasonal hunting activities, and dispersal of young adults. Aspects of wolf ecology will be discussed including, territoriality, food habits, ecological role, pack composition, and habitat use. Historical changes in wolf population will be examined from extirpation from the state, initial re-colonization, and eventual recovery to population >425 wolves today. Students will be exposed to all the main aspects of Wisconsin wolf management including legal protection, habitat management, public outreach, depredation management, population surveys, and population management. Training will be provided on wolf survey methods including radio-telemetry tracking, snow track surveys, and howl surveys, including demonstrations of radio telemetry, setting of wolf traps, and wolf howling. After taking this class and a track training class, students will be fairly knowledgeable of the biology and management of wolves in the state, and should have adequate background to participate in carnivore tracking surveys.


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Having only just started blogging – I'm amazed at the number of people who seem to make a living from their blogs. There are sponsored posts, brand associations and competitions. Then there's money to be made from consultancy and brand extension – whether it's selling T-shirts or training.
But blogging is hard work. To do it properly it's a full-time job, and unfortunately most of us have other commitments – jobs, families, life. So I'm fascinated. I'm doing it for fun at the moment and am under no illusion of the work necessary to make a living out of it but how easy is it? How are you doing compared to the rest of us?