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A Return to Retail
This story appears in the September 2001 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
In the traditional realm of business, you open a retail store first and then eventually launch a Web site. But now that we've experienced the dotcom revolution-and counter-revolution-many of the surviving dotcoms that skipped that first step are starting to realize the benefits that come from opening a brick-and-mortar location.
For some, branching out at the right time offered the chance to extend their life spans. "We realized very early that we could not exist purely as a dotcom," says Sal Perisano, 50-year-old co-founder, chair and CEO of iParty Corp., a publicly traded retailer of party supplies. "We knew we needed some terrestrial link, some other reality other than a virtual company, to bolster what we were doing."
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So last year the Boston company, which started out as a pure-play venture called iParty.com, moved to correct the situation: It purchased 33 Northeastern physical retail stores from the bankrupt Big Party chain, transforming itself into a multichannel retailer with retail stores, an Internet store and a printed catalog.
Smart decision: iParty is now celebrating success. During the fourth quarter of last year, the retail stores it acquired during the third quarter made sales of $18.6 million. Online division sales totaled $395,000-a 194 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 1999.
Multiple Channels
Among the reasons for a dotcom to open a physical store, one in particular stands out: It gives your customers more chances to interact with you.
"Ultimately, the more points of presence and the more distribution channels you have, the better chance you have to play an important role in a consumer's purchasing behavior," says Elaine Rubin, executive director and chair of Shop.org, a trade association for Internet retailers.
Moreover, having multiple channels increases your chances of obtaining loyal customers-something most pure-play dotcoms fail to establish. According to Rubin, "Customers who are engaged with a retailer in more than one channel usually have greater average sales and greater customer loyalty to that particular retailer."
Another plus: Having physical stores gives dotcom retailers a greater opportunity to acquire new customers. "One of the biggest challenges dotcom companies have is capturing or acquiring customers at a reasonable cost," says Chris Merritt, a principal at the Atlanta office of New York City-based retail consulting firm Kurt Salmon Associates. "Owning a store, however, offers a natural traffic flow into and out of the store, which allows an entrepreneur to gather names and begin direct-to-consumer marketing programs, advertising [either] the site or the store."
Perisano agrees. "The cost of acquiring customers online is going to make any pure-play business model extremely difficult, if not impossible," he says . "It's always easier to drive people to your Web site if you already have stores."
Physical stores also give your customers a more convenient way to return goods and try out products-two options analysts say are sorely missing from Net stores.
Getting Physical?
Of course, opening a retail store-or buying an existing one-brings significant challenges to someone who only has experience starting a Web site. "There are significant differences between running a store-based business and running an online business," says Rubin. "Staffing, customer service, inventory issues, real estate, leases-all these things could be fairly foreign to [a netpreneur who's] absolutely great at creating an incredible customer experience online."
Not to mention, opening a retail store is an expensive proposition. "You can spend, on average, $800,000 to open one store," says Merritt. "You have to pay for employees, the property and the inventory you put into the store-those are the three big buckets of cost."
For those of you who lack the funding needed to open a retail store right now, try renting a kiosk in a local shopping mall. You can even feature Internet terminals allowing customers to interact electronically with your Web site.
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"Kiosks have short-term leases, and they're not as expensive as a retail store to launch, but they allow you the opportunity to get your brand out there," says Merritt. "Kiosks also allow you the ability to measure demand and see whether or not consumers are interested in shopping with you. This information can drive your decision about whether or not you should open a store."
If you do want to set up shop, you should do whatever you can to learn about launching and running a traditional retail business before you do so. Get help from people who have experience operating brick-and-mortar establishments, for example.
Of course, if you already have physical retail experience, you probably have greater chances for success. Perisano, for instance, had established a background in retail prior to launching iParty Corp. In fact, he actually started Big Party, left the company-which later went bankrupt-and then bought the stores back.
Your best bet is to determine ahead of time whether a multichannel strategy is a good move for your dotcom. Because the dotcom-only model hasn't done too well, Perisano says multichannel is the way to go: "Anyone who has just a Web site, that wants to make a business out of it, needs to connect it to a retail reality. Anyone that has a business plan with a goal of e-commerce needs to augment that business plan with a retail reality. Unless you do that, you're not going to succeed."
Melissa Campanelli is a marketing and technology writer in Brooklyn, New York.


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Working out, breaking in new sneakers, cutting caffeine and sugar, and just plain staying healthy are just a few things Penn State York students Angi Solle, 19, and Sam Noerpel, 19, are doing as they get ready to head to University Park to represent the campus in the 39th annual Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON), "Together Without Limits," set for Feb. 18 - 20 at the Bryce Jordan Center (BJC). The two dancers were chosen to represent Penn State York based on a variety of criteria including spirit points they earned since September by doing a variety of activities to raise funds for THON. THON, as the dance marathon is affectionately known, is the largest student-run philanthropy in the country and its goal is to raise money to help fight pediatric cancer.
For York's dancers, and members of the campus' THON committee, the year has included a variety of fundraising efforts such as hosting a talent show called Paw Search, selling subs, hosting a basket bingo, selling Bon Ton community day books, and successfully taking part in canning weekends (soliciting donations) at several locations in the York area. Under the direction of Stephanie Behrens, 21, of York, Pa., and Jennifer Lake, 19, of Wellsville, Pa., who danced at THON last year; the group has been very busy. Behrens and Lake have attended meetings at University Park to catch up on all the THON rules and expectations and have been having weekly meetings with the campus' THON committee since just after THON last year. Their work has paid off and York's THON total, which now tops $14,000 and is still growing, is the largest amount the campus has raised in its history.
In addition to raising money, through THON, the campus sponsors two families -- the Hill family and the Hagens family. For the past five years, York sponsored Madison "Maddie" Hill. Hill, 13, of Dover, Pa., has been battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma since October 2004. She completed her treatments in February 2008 and celebrated three years out of treatment on Feb. 15. She is in remission and today is a happy healthy teenager. In addition to Hill, Penn State York also is sponsoring 3-year-old Ava Hagens, of York, Pa., who was diagnosed on July 24, 2009, with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). She is undergoing treatment and this will be her second trip to THON along with her parents Jessica and Greg. The Hill family, Maddie, Dawn, Scott, and Travis will also be attending THON.
THON, a year-round fundraising event benefits The Four Diamonds Fund, Conquering Childhood Cancer, at the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital in Hershey, Pa. The year culminates in a no sitting, no sleeping, two day dance marathon. Since 1973 the students of THON have raised more than $69 million and have helped thousands of children and families fight pediatric cancer. Last year the event raised more than $7.83 million and broke its own record. The mission of the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon is to conquer pediatric cancer by providing outstanding emotional and financial support to the children, families, researchers, and staff of The Four Diamonds Fund.
Noerpel, of East Berlin, Pa., is a sophomore majoring in aerospace engineering and a 2009 graduate of Bermudian Springs High School. He began his work with THON in 2009 as a freshman at Penn State York.
"I became involved with THON because pediatric cancer is one of the most terrible things I think a family can go through and I want to do what I can to help fight it," said Noerpel. "THON is a great way for me to join others who feel the same way I do."
Handling the sleep depravation isn't one of Noerpel's concerns; he just wants to be sure he can make the THON families feel good even if he doesn't feel 100 percent. Noerpel attended THON last year so his favorite day is Sunday when all the THON families gather, there are many activities, and the BJC is packed.
Solle, of York, Pa., is a sophomore majoring in psychology and a 2009 graduate of Dallastown Area High School. She became involved in THON in February 2010 after THON weekend. Solle has never attended THON and considers dancing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
"Since I have never been to THON before, I don't know what to expect. I've heard so many good things about this experience and I cannot wait for every part of it," Solle said. "I am so happy to be dancing for Penn State York and am very proud of all of our members this year. Everyone has worked so hard and our THON group includes some of the most passionate people I know," she said. "I love my sleep but I know THON weekend I will be so excited that I will fight through my sleepiness."
Solle was responsible for organizing canning weekends and she, Noerpel, and others spent many hours in the cold raising money for THON.
Noerpel and Solle are both anxious to spend time with York's THON families and to experience THON with the York THON committee and the thousands of others working to find a cure for pediatric cancer. Both dancers consider it an honor to be dancing at THON and representing the campus.
In addition to Noerpel and Solle, Savannah Smith, of Red Lion, Pa., is a Penn State York student who is participating in THON as an independent dancer. Smith is a sophomore majoring in public relations and a 2009 graduate of Red Lion High School. Smith danced last year for the campus. She is part of a THON family and the event is very personal to her. She lost her brother Jed, just 12 years old, to leukemia on Jan. 3, 2010, so for her, dancing at THON is an extraordinary way to remember her late brother.
During THON weekend, more than 700 dancers and thousands of supporters come together at University Park in the hopes of one day finding a cure for pediatric cancer. Whether standing for 46 hours as a dancer, entertaining the crowd, taking care of the facility, or even sitting in the stands, every person at THON plays a small part in creating an amazing atmosphere of love, compassion, and understanding. This atmosphere inspires the students to fund raise throughout the year and tells the families of The Four Diamonds Fund that they have the care and support they need. This collective effort, involving more than 15,000 students, has become one of Penn State's greatest and most unifying traditions.
There's still time to donate. The best way to be sure your donation is counted in time is to visit the campus or donate online at www.thon.org. Be sure to use the drop-down box and designate your donation for York and your donation will count toward the campus total.
Anyone interested in supporting the dancers from Penn State York can send checks made payable to:
Penn State York Benefiting THON
c/o York Student Government Association
Penn State York
1031 Edgecomb Ave.
York, PA 17403
Be sure to note York, Org. 170 in the memo line of the check. Checks sent to the local campus as well as online donations will be credited to the local dancers and then added to the final total at University Park.


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As I mentioned a while ago I teamed up with Schwarzkopf to give my hair a bit of a refresh and add a flash of colour. Settling on a reddy pink tone for the ends of my hair and refreshing my roots with some at home highlighting.
My hair is naturally dark blonde/brown, but I've been blonde for about 3 years now in various ombre style shades. I've never attempted to do my hair at home before so it was a bit nerve wracking when I tried it myself. I really like the rooty, rock n roll look so I tend to pick styles and colours that work well with my grown out bob. I've had pink tips before as well as bright pink when I had long hair but I've never done pink tips with my Lob.
While I love the pink it's not something I'd keep all the time. It's fun and quirky but having blonde hair it gives you so much flexibility to chop and change colours around all the time! I love the mixture of the two colours though as I felt a bit like Taylor Swift in the Trouble video!
Although I've changed my hair a little since I did the pink tips the reaction from you guys was overwhelmingly positive. I always get a little nervous when I switch up my hair as sometimes you can get backhanded compliments like "I prefer you hair when it was like XYZ" But most of the time people are really nice about it!


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BOSTON -- Cam Atkinson scored twice including the game-winner late in the third period, and John Muse stopped 35 shots as top-seeded Boston College topped #4 Merrimack, 5-3, in the title game of the 27th annual Hockey East Championship Saturday night at the TD Garden. With the win, the Eagles (30-7-1) captured their second straight and conference-record 10th Hockey East title in their 15th appearance in the finals.
Atkinson's second of the contest triggered a three-goal third period and snapped a 3-3 tie at 14:49. It came 1:17 after Ryan Flanigan evened the score for the Warriors (25-9-4) who were making their first-ever trip to the championship game. Atkinson's heroics earned him the Hockey East Championship's Bill Flynn Most Valuable Player award. He was joined on the All-Championship Team by teammates Brian Gibbons, Tommy Cross and Muse along with Kyle Stollery and Flanigan of Merrimack.
A senior, Muse stopped 12 of 13 shots in the third period to seal the victory to improve to 13-1 all-time in Hockey East Tournament action. Along with his 8-0 record in NCAA Tournament play, he heads into the 2011 NCAAs with a 21-1 career postseason record.
The two teams started the contest slowly before a three-goal flurry just 1:48 apart awoke the Garden crowd. BC that broke through first as Pat Mullane picked up a loose puck just inside the Merrimack blue line, went around a defender and beat goaltender Joe Cannata for an unassisted tally at 9:15. The Warriors quickly answered as Flanigan took a pass from Carter Madsen, skated down the right side and from the top of the circle snapped a wrist shot past Muse to even the score only 26 seconds later. BC regained its advantage at 11:03 as Gibbons tucked a rebound of Atkinson's drive from the point through the legs of Cannata.
After Muse robbed Flanigan at the goalmouth late in the period, Merrimack's Mike Collins converted a feed from Joe Cucci after the ensuing faceoff to tie it at 2-2 with 24 seconds before intermission. Stephane Da Costa also assisted on the power play goal.
The scoring pace settled down over the first 10 minutes of the middle period as both teams killed penalties including Cannata coming up big during an Eagles two-man advantage. With the teams at equal strength, Merrimack's Jordan Heywood whistled a point blank blast from the slot that was tipped over the cage at 13:40. BC had a two-on-one opportunity on the next shift with Cannata coming out to stop a bid by Barry Almeida.
A Merrimack power play carried over into the final period with Muse turning aside scoring chances by Kyle Bigos and Elliott Sheen. Muse kept it even at 4:30 with an excellent point blank stop on Jeff Velleca as the Warriors began the period outshooting BC, 8-1, over the first eight minutes. The Eagles picked up the pace and shortly after Jimmy Hayes rattled one off the crossbar, Atkinson gave BC a 3-2 edge by rapping in a rebound of a Joe Whitney shot at 9:21.
Flanigan's second of the game would tie it at 3-3 at 13:32 on the power play as he knocked in a rebound of his own shot from a tough angle with assists going to Mike Collins and Da Costa. But the defending champion Eagles regained the lead 1:17 later as Atkinson, on a pass from Patrick Wey, blasted in a one-timer from the top of the left circle for his second of the game and league-leading 29th goal of the year. Brian Dumoulin wrapped up the scoring with a power play goal with 1:36 to play as his wrist shot from the point found the net through traffic.
Atkinson added an assist for a three-point night while Gibbons and Mullane each had a goal and an assist. Mullane had a solid tournament with six points on two goals and four assists
Flanigan finished with a pair of goals and lead all playoff scorers with nine points on five goals and four assists including at least one goal in each of the four playoff games. Collins added a goal and an assist and Da Costa chipped in with two helpers. Cannata made 30 saves in a strong effort. The Warriors went two-for-six on the power play and killed three of four BC attempts.
Also the defending national champions, Boston College earns an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship and Merrimack is all but assured of an at large bid. The selection show is Sunday at 11:30 a.m. and will be televised nationally on ESPN2 and ESPN2 HD.
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The Task Force was officially established on December 12, 1995. Within the first few months of operation, Yolo County District Attorney and the California Department of Justice joined the list of allied Task Force members. With Sacramento Sheriff's Department as the lead agency, the Task Force began operating under a Memorandum of Understanding and an Operating Agreement with various law enforcement agencies throughout the state. The Task Force has increased in size to include more than 30 agencies and over 66 employees. The Yolo County District Attorney's Office has an Investigator assigned to the Task Force.
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The mission of the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force is multi-jurisdictional investigations; tracking and disruption of commerce involving stolen goods; and investigation and prosecution of those engaged and participating in white-collar crime, organized crime, crimes against persons, and fraud when high technology or identity theft is a factor.
Today, high technology crime continues to have a devastating impact on California's economic infrastructure and thriving high technology industry. The high technology industry is reportedly accountable for more than half of California's overall export sales and employs more than any other manufacturing sector in the state. In recent years, California has suffered losses in excess of $6 billion in revenue and approximately 20,000 technology sector jobs directly linked to high technology and computer-based crime. If allowed to go unchecked, high technology crimes will continue to have a devastating effect on all Californians as their effect ripples throughout our economy.
The task force approach to high technology crime suppression utilizes interagency coordination between multiple counties and recognizes that high technology crimes are unique to specific geographic regions and jurisdictions. Building upon this concept; that high technology crimes are complex and multi-jurisdictional in nature, the regional task force approach has proven advantageous over traditional criminal investigative methods.


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Loaded words elicit an emotional responsepositive or negativebeyond their literal meaning and can significantly contribute to persuading others to adopt our point of view. For example, the noun plant generates no significant emotional response, but flower inspires a positive feeling and weed a negative feeling. Advertising depends on words meant to generate an emotional response: New, improved, and better than ever make a consumer feel good about a product. Judicious use of loaded words can influence readers' thinking by influencing their emotions. In this lesson, students recognize loaded words when reading and purposefully use them in persuasive writing.
Rog, L.J. (2010). Marvelous minilessons for teaching intermediate writing, grades 4-6. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
- Persuasive writing is an essential text form for intermediate students to learn.
- Persuasive writing involves choosing a strong opinion, planning support and evidence, researching supporting facts and data, and organizing the information into connected text with persuasive language.
Rog, L.J., & Kropp, P. (2006). The write genre. Richmond Hill, ON: Pembroke.
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The [PowerPoint] presentation was delivered by RNC Finance Director Rob Bickhart to top donors and fundraisers at a party retreat in Boca Grande, Florida on February 18, a source at the gathering said...
One page, headed "The Evil Empire," pictures Obama as the Joker from Batman, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leaders Harry Reid are depicted as Cruella DeVille and Scooby Doo, respectively.Okay, now, that's just terrible. Everyone knows that Republicans can't do humor. But. And this is a big but. How do you depict Harry Reid as Scooby Doo? I did a Google image search and got nothing. Pelosi as Cruella and Obama as the Joker I've seen. But what's the Harry Reid Scooby Doo? Is it an audio joke connected to the last 2 syllables of his name?
The small donors who are the targets of direct marketing are described under the heading "Visceral Giving." Their motivations are listed as "fear;" "Extreme negative feelings toward existing Administration;" and "Reactionary."Rut roh.
Major donors, by contrast, are treated in a column headed "Calculated Giving." Their motivations include: "Peer to Peer Pressure"; "access"; and "Ego-Driven."
But wait. Top donors were there for presentation. Driven by ego and benefiting from access, apparently. And — gasp! — able to laugh at themselves. Nooooooo. Not possible! They are Republicans!


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But it also meant Dragic came back to Miami late last month worn down by the physically and mentally spent from the grind of that tournament, so Heat coach Erik Spoelstra decided to basically not use his starter for most of the preseason.Dragic didn't like the idea at first. He knows now that it was the right move.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSRedemption is sweet for Ginebra, Scottie ThompsonSPORTSMayweather beats Pacquiao, Canelo for 'Fighter of the Decade'SPORTSFederer blasts lack of communication on Australian Open smog"I feel like my head is clearing," Dragic said Wednesday before sitting out Miami's home preseason game against the Washington Wizards. "I'm OK. Physically, I feel great. Mentally, I'm hungry again for basketball. That's what we want to achieve and that's the feeling we want for that first game."Dragic hasn't officially been ruled out for Miami's preseason finale in Kansas City on Friday against Philadelphia, but he isn't likely to play. 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Memphis (2-2) hosts New Orleans on Friday.TRAIL BLAZERS 113, SUNS 104Portland's Caleb Swanigan and Phoenix's Alex Len were ejected in the fourth quarter after a scuffle.Meyers Leonard made his first five 3-point tries and finished with 17 points for Portland. Josh Jackson had 22 and Mike James added 19 for Portland.TRAIL BLAZERS: Starting guards CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard combined for 23 points on 9 for 28 shooting. … Ed Davis grabbed 12 rebounds in 17 minutes.SUNS: Marquese Chriss had 13 points and 12 rebounds. … Eric Bledsoe missed all eight of his shots. … Phoenix had 40 points in the second and third quarters combined, then scored 43 in the fourth.UP NEXT: Portland (4-1) hosts Maccabi Haifa on Friday. Phoenix (1-3) hosts the Brisbane Bullets on Friday. 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Miami (3-2) plays Philadelphia in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday.76ERS 133, NETS 114Dario Saric scored 26 points and Joel Embiid, playing for the first time since agreeing to his $148 million extension, added 22 as Philadelphia got its first win of the preseason.D'Angelo Russell scored 24 for Brooklyn in its preseason finale.76ERS: J.J. Redick had 18 points for Philadelphia, which held a 52-37 rebounding edge. … No. 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz didn't play.NETS: Caris Levert scored 16 and Jeremy Lin added 14 for the Nets, who led by 10 early — then got outscored by 35 points over the rest of the half, and eventually trailed by 36.UP NEXT: Philadelphia (1-3) meets Miami in Kansas City, Missouri on Friday. Brooklyn (3-1) opens the regular season Oct. 18 at Indiana.ROCKETS 101, GRIZZLIES 89James Harden shot only 2 for 13, missing all eight of his 3-point tries, but scored 18 points to lead Houston. LATEST STORIES MOST READ Don't miss out on the latest news and information. 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Dwight Howard had 12 points and six rebounds in his first home game.CELTICS: Jaylen Brown showed he can defend multiple positions, blocking point guard Kemba Walker and forward Marvin Williams on back-to-back possessions. … Gordon Hayward had 13 points.HORNETS: Michael Carter-Williams (knee) will not be ready for the regular season opener, coach Steve Clifford said. Nic Batum (elbow), Jeremy Lamb (groin) and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (personal) did not play. Rookie Dwayne Bacon went 4 for 4 on 3-pointers, accounting for all 12 of his points.UP NEXT: Boston (4-0) opens the regular season against Cleveland on Tuesday. Charlotte (1-3) hosts Dallas on Friday.HEAT 117, WIZARDS 115Jordan Mickey's 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left gave Miami the win.Bam Adebayo scored 15 points, Tyler Johnson scored 14 and Josh Richardson had 13 for the Heat.Jason Smith scored 20 points on 7 for 8 shooting, and John Wall finished with 16 points and eight assists for Washington. 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We come out in force on days when the sun 'splits the stones' as they say. Ireland's weather may not be California-style, but beach life is in our blood. We head there throughout the year, for watersports, walks, or just to chill out.
There is a whopping 3,172km of coastline around the island. From city beaches just outside Belfast and Dublin, to stony little coves on the Antrim Coast and around West Cork, what really makes Ireland's beaches stand out is the purity of the waters and the fact that even if there are people around you, it'll never feel crowded...
Wander the huge stretches of sand along the fringes of County Donegal, such as Ballymastocker, Rossknowlagh and Magheraroarty (here's how you say that last one: Ma-her-a-roar-tea!). Year-long it's a wind and wave-swept affair.
And they're not the only legendary stretches of sand around. There's Kells in Cahirciveen, County Kerry; Dog's Bay, Connemara, County Galway; and Ballycastle and Portush, both in County Antrim.
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I expected the official PlayStation Blog to quiz BioShock mastermind Ken Levine on PlayStation topics like 3D and the Move. I expected him to drop intriguing comments like one about how sniper rifles will "become very meaningful" in the expanse of BioShock Infinite.
I didn't expect the PlayStation blog to ask if next year's BioShock will have a New Game Plus mode.
They did, and he answered, cryptically:
PlayStation Blog: Replayability is a hot topic for single-player-focused games. Have you been thinking about ways to encourage replay, maybe a New Game Plus mode? Is that up for debate?
Levine: I'll just say that yes, we do think a lot about this topic. I can't talk about what we're thinking specifically. If we're going to do it, we want to find a BioShock way to do it. People will see more as time goes on.
I'm happy with my BioShocks being fun to play the first time through. What could they add to make a second play-through worthwhile?
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NEW YORK — At least 25 investors who trusted their money to Bernard Madoff are asking to speak at a Thursday hearing at which Madoff is expected to plead guilty to one of the biggest financial frauds in history.
Federal prosecutors said in a letter to U.S. District Judge Denny Chin Monday that they had received 78 e-mails in response to an order from Chin notifying investors of their right to be heard at any plea or sentencing hearings for the 70-year-old former Nasdaq chairman.
Chin invited victims to address the court after prosecutors submitted papers noting that crime victims have the right to be "reasonably heard at any public proceeding in the district court involving release, plea, sentencing, or any parole proceeding."
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By 4:05 p.m. Monday, prosecutors said investors had sent 11 e-mails about the acceptance of a plea from Madoff, 25 e-mails asking to speak at Thursday's hearing, one e-mail about Madoff's bail, 27 e-mails about sentencing and forfeiture and 14 e-mails about miscellaneous items.
The letter, signed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa A. Baroni, asked that copies of the e-mails be filed under seal to protect the privacy interests of the victims.
Madoff has been under house arrest in his luxury Manhattan penthouse since he was charged in early December with securities fraud. Authorities said Madoff confessed to family members, including two sons, that he had operated a $50 billion fraud over a long period of time.
Investigators have since said that the scope of the fraud was likely much smaller because it appeared that Madoff had included false returns in his calculation of losses.
The U.S. attorney's office first suggested Friday that a plea was imminent when it filed a brief court document indicating Madoff was ready to waive an indictment. One of Madoff's lawyers said he had already done so. A waiver of indictment is a necessary procedural step before a defendant enters a guilty plea.
A person close to the case has said that Madoff is expected to plead guilty Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the plea had not yet occurred.
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But his lawyers have indicated in court documents that Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse and an additional $62 million in assets should not be taken from the family because they are in his wife's name and did not result from any alleged fraud.
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Just to give everyone a heads up, I saw Series 2 of Zizzle POTC2 basic figures (Includes Norrington, Cannibal King Jack Sparrow, Maccus, and Cannibel Chief) at Target today. I picked up the Cannibal Chief.
They have the license into the 3rd film so I think that's a strong likelihood.
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The District of Columbia is set to certify the results of a recent special election.
Democrat Anita Bonds was elected to the D.C. Council last month to fill a vacant at-large seat. She had been filling the seat on an interim basis since December.
District voters also approved a charter amendment that would allow the city to spend local tax dollars without congressional approval. After the election results are certified Wednesday, that amendment will go to Congress, which would have to vote it down to prevent it from becoming law.
The charter amendment was approved with 82 percent of the vote. Bonds received 32 percent after absentee and provisional ballots were counted. Democrat Elissa Silverman was second with 27 percent, and Republican Patrick Mara was third with 24 percent.
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The story begins on the day I received the letter from ELTA Serbia telling me that I was elected to be one of their two official representatives at the annual IATEFL conference in Slovenia. That also meant that I was going to present at a conference for the first time. You might be surprised by this, knowing that I blog about TEFL, but before Slovenia I always managed to come up with different excuses for not presenting. Now was the right time for me to face my fears.
Two months later I was on my way. I arrived in Ljubljana a day before the conference, so I had a chance to go sightseeing. Ljubljana is beautiful. In the following Animoto, I tried to capture the spirit of the city:
The next day I met a group of Serbian teachers who were also going to the conference and we boarded the van that was going to take us to Topolšica. As I was getting onto the van, I saw Shelly Terell's smiling face and she gave me a hug.
I am so glad that I have managed to meet Shelly face to face. She is every bit as wonderful as I thought she would be. A great thing about being a blogger is that you end up having a large PLN and that, from time to time, you actually get to meet the people in it.
Another person I met face to face was Saša Sirk. Saša has been in my PLN from the very beginning. I met her in my first BaW, where she was one of the moderators.
The only session we had on Thursday was Shelly's Motivating our Learners to Write with Webtools. She shared a bunch of free online resources with us, together with great ready-made lesson plans. Her presentation is here.
Friday started with Having Fun with English, a plenary by Vanessa Reis Esteves. She greeted us at the door, thus modelling what she was going to teach us later (get students into the English mode by greeting them at the door, build relationships on the way out, set the tone for the next lesson, always provide some positive feedback). She talked about the similarities between children and teenagers (impatient, distracted, demanding), as well as the differences (children are eager and energetic, teenagers are demotivated and apathetic). Finally, she shared some fun activities that can be used with both age groups.
Bojana Nikic Vujic had a workshop on Critical Thinking in EFL Curriculum. Step by step, she led us through the creation of a lesson plan which included critical thinking skills according to Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. The process included the creation of a first draft of the lesson plan and its revision after the introduction of the Taxonomy. We learnt how to include critical thinking activities into the textbooks we were using.
My presentation was next and, yes, I survived. There were some technical issues, which reminds me: If you are new to presenting, take your own laptop with you whenever possible. And don't use fancy fonts you downloaded from the internet, as they might turn into something else on somebody else's computer. And don't apologise for the technical difficulties you are experiencing. And don't walk in front of the slides while you are presenting.
Having said that, I think (hope) that everything went well. Quite a lot of people turned up, which was a pleasant surprise. It was almost the same as teaching a class, in fact. Now, here are my slides:
And, if you would like to hear me giving this presentation again, I will be doing it at the Virtual Round Table in May.
Ok, let's move on.
Willy Cardoso's workshop Open Space: Becoming the Best Teacher You Can Be was for me one of the highlights of the conference. You can read more about Open Space Principles here. Willy gave us little post-it notes and we wrote onto them a topic connected to teacher development that we wanted to discuss. Then we voted and three topics were selected. I am happy to say that mine was one of the three ("I want to keep improving as a teacher"). Three groups were formed based on the topics, but we were free to roam about the room and change groups. Finally, a summary was created for each group, as you can see in Willy's post (I linked to it above). It is easy to see how Open Space Principles can be used in the classroom and adapted to various levels and age groups.
Shelly's plenary Wings and Webs was about the social networks that educators create in order to share resources and collaborate. Shelly looked at reasons why teachers connect and she also shared places where someone who doesn't have a PLN could go to in order to start connecting. Her talk was something that resonated with me deeply. I have been a part of the large international family of educators since 2008 and I have a hard time remembering what my life was like before that.
Jean McCollister and her border collie Bamm Bamm taught us about Animal-assisted Language Teaching. Dogs are used in therapy, as well as in teaching. In a language classroom, a dog is a strong motivator and the presence of a dog also has cognitive benefits. It provides mental stimulation and improves concentration and attention. This is true, since I have to admit that I remember everything from this workshop vividly. My attention was on the dog all the time and I remember everything he did.
Here's more about what Jean and Bamm Bamm do. It's in Slovene, but I am sure you will be able to understand the gist.
Our first plenary on Saturday was Peter Dyer's Getting Them to Speak. It was very interactive and lively, full of practical and fun activities. For one hour, we improvised, we passed around imaginary gifts, we invented stories and we lived in the fantasy world. These activities are easy to prepare and materials light (in fact, there was no PowerPoint).
The next workshop I attended was Danny Singh's The Power of Laughter Exercises in Learning. To find out more about the application of laughter yoga in language teaching, visit Danny's website. All I can say is that I have enjoyed this workshop tremendously and that I felt more alert after it. I can see how these exercises can lower inhibitions and boost learning.
Willy Cardoso's plenary A Philosophy of Teacher Development was another treat. He defined teacher development as trying to decrease the gap between what you believe you should do and what you can do in your teaching situation. Teachers should ask themselves to what extent they can influence, shape and create their own knowledge. Classroom observation helps here (recording yourself, asking a colleague to sit in your class, co-teaching with a colleague, or even giving your learners an observation task). Rather than wait for someone to give them the knowledge, the teachers should legitimise what they already know and share it bottom-up. They should create portfolios, start blogging or give a workshop at a conference.
Marija Lukač spoke about Your Next Step on the Professional Development Ladder. Presenting to fellow colleagues is a way for teachers to grow and develop. Nobody is going to promote you into a conference presenter, you need to make that step yourself.
The last presentation I visited on Saturday was Shelly's Teaching with YouTube. Once again, she shared an abundance of links, resources, lesson plans, ideas...
So far I haven't talked much about evening entertainment, which was great. And the beer was more than great. I grabbed this image off Shelly's Facebook timeline, hope she won't mind:
Yes, it's a beer barrel. In fact, there were three, each one with a different kind of beer.
And let's not forget that Topolšica is a spa. That meant that, when we got tired after sitting in workshops all day, we could always grab an hour to swim in the pool or relax in the sauna park. And we even had a discount on massages.
And kudos to the organising committee. They really went out of their way to make us all comfortable and everything was perfectly organised. Thank you, guys.
And, of course, big thanks to ELTA Serbia for sending me there in the first place.
Conferences are not only about presentations and workshops. They are about networking and meeting new people. And going to an international conference means meeting a lot of great new people. For me this was even more valuable than the presentations themselves. In fact I am looking forward to seeing some of those people again in Belgrade on 11th ELTA Conference in May.
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Arianism was a 4th-century heresy named after Arius (c.250-336), a priest in Alexandria, who taught that the Son of God was not God but rather a created being with a definite origin in time. In Arius's words, "there was [a time] when he was not."
Arius denied the full deity of the preexistent Son of God who became incarnate ("the Word (Jesus Christ) became flesh" John 1:14 - NKJV). He held that the Son, while divine and like God, was created by God as the agent through whom he created the universe, and thus that there was a time when the Son was not. The council at Nicaea in 325, led in its teachings by Athanasius, condemned Arianism and maintained that Christ was God from God, Light from Light, Very God from Very God, begotten not made (not created), and One in essence with the Father (homoousios/ομοούσιος - of the same essense rather than Arius' heretical homoiousios/ομοιούσιος - 'of a similar essence', producing the first version of the Nicene Creed.
Some forms of modern Protestantism appear to espouse a form of Arianism, referring to Jesus Christ as essentially distinct from God in terms that suggest that, as the Son, He is ontologically distinct from and inferior to the Father.
Source and further reading
- Fuller RH, Walter VL and Shelley BL: Arianism and Semi-Arianism (General and Advanced Information) - BELIEVE Website
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Arianism
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Arius
- St. Athanasius of Alexandria (page also has link to download 'Select Works and Letters' by St. Athanasius, including his treatise "On the Incarnation of the Word" and "Four Discourses Against the Arians" among others)
- Encyclopedia of the First Millennium of Christianity 1998 - Second Edition
- Arianism - From Wikipedia


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This set was inspired by an editorial I spotted (& loved) in Vogue Paris' April 2010 issue featuring Natasha Poly. Stripey knits, harem pants, fringed bags & some major statement jewelry are set against an equally as colorful desert backdrop. Plus what can I say, the girl knows how to work a camel!
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The region had the best annual showing in terms of sales since 2005, the height of the short-lived boom that led to the Great Recession.
The year-end news on the housing market in Flagler and Volusia counties is surprisingly good.
In fact, the news is so good, it could portend a long-term recovery in the housing market, one of the pillars of the regional and national economies.
The region had the best annual showing in terms of sales since 2005, the height of the short-lived boom that led to the Great Recession. That year, the region sold 14,142 homes.
Then came the bust — the bursting of an inflated housing bubble that stretched from Miami to Los Angeles, through mostly Sun Belt areas. The deflation of this bubble caused the Great Recession, which began in late 2007.
But Florida got an early preview of the recession in 2006. That's when housing sales took a 36 percent dive in Flagler and Volusia counties, to little more than 9,000 annually. The decline continued, bottoming out in 2008 at 6,087 sales. That's a decrease of 57 percent from 2005's level of sales.
That is a deep recession, and it hurt because it was a downturn based in both housing and the financial-services industry, which held so many mortgages. Unemployment skyrocketed in Florida, Volusia County and, especially, in Flagler County, which had seen some of the strongest growth in the nation in the first half of last decade.
An ugly wave of both residential and commercial foreclosures followed in Volusia and Flagler counties, as well as the nation. But that wave appears to be part of the past. In 2012, the region sold 10,234 homes. It's still only 72 percent of the 2005 sales level, but the growth to get back to that annual number needs to be slow and steady, not an inflated scramble.
With this increase in sales comes a steady appreciation in home values. December's home sales in Flagler saw an 8.8 percent increase in median prices from December 2011. Sales prices are also generally up in Volusia County. In the Daytona Beach/Halifax area, the prices are up 16.2 percent from a year earlier.
It's not surprising prices would rebound so strongly from a crash. The real estate crash may have caused too much home devaluation in too many areas, an "over-correction" of the problems caused by the bubble itself.
Bubbles are nasty things because they quickly inflate prices, then cause a price crash. The rise in price leads to too much borrowing and then a decline in economic activity. The resulting crash causes bankruptcies, foreclosures and other nasty messes.
The best kind of economic growth moves at a steady pace. The recovery pace has not been steady since the Great Recession ended in 2009, but it has been slow and mostly upward. That is one thing to be thankful for.
And now it appears the Volusia-Flagler economy may be entering a recovery period where home sales and economic activity in general increase at a steady clip. The economic recovery nationally is the weakest since the Great Depression and may be one of the weakest in U.S. history. Economic performance needs to be much stronger.
Home sales in Volusia and Flagler indicate that the region's economic performance may be indeed getting stronger.


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Job Title: Hematologist Oncologist
Location: Lewistown Hospital
Department: Geisinger Cancer Institute
Work Type: Full Time
Hiring Manager: Rajiv P. Panikkar
Geisinger is seeking an experienced (3+ years) physician board certified in both hematology and oncology to join this team. This position involves inpatient and outpatient clinical responsibilities. The team is supported by an advanced practitioner, specialty nurses, nurse navigator, and specially trained infusion nurses. The Hematology/Oncology Clinic and infusion room are located within the Lewistown Hospital. Radiation Oncology services are located on site. There is the opportunity to participate in both general and hematology-focused tumor boards as well as an active Cancer Committee. There is the opportunity to build strong professional relationships and a practice in a hospital that is supported by its community, administration, and employees.
Joining our team means that you'll have access to the latest technology to diagnose and treat cancer. This highly motivated team utilizes a personalized, innovative, multidisciplinary approach to patient care with a commitment to evidence-based practice and evaluation of outcomes. The hematology/oncology team collaborates with surgical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists, radiologists and psychologists to develop a plan tailored to the individual patient to achieve the best possible outcome. Geisinger's oncology research programs are anchored by the NCI Community Oncology Research Program cooperative agreement and the national commitment to cancer research in community settings. Geisinger has membership affiliations with Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Children's Oncology Group, EGOG-ACRIN, NRG Oncology, University of Rochester Cancer Center and Wake Forest. Palliative medicine services are offered at the Geisinger Medical Center, Geisinger Wyoming Valley, and Geisinger Community Medical Center campuses and will be offered at Geisinger Lewistown Hospital in October of 2019. Working with Geisinger's Department of Oncology Innovation and Analytics, physicians have the opportunity to participate in the development of unique models of care, clinical tools and other research projects. At Geisinger, there is the opportunity to teach, to mentor and to be mentored.
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Today we performed two maneuvers, the Guide Telescope calibration at 1500 UT (10 am ET) and a Delta-H maneuver starting at 1944 UT (2:44 pm ET). Both went off without a hitch.
A Delta-H maneuver is used to keep the reaction wheels spinning within the limits set by the FOT. These wheels are used to keep SDO accurately pointed at the Sun. Reaction wheel speeds going into the Delta-H maneuver were [-980, 122, -318, -980] RPM; they are now [470, 470, -167, 167] RPM.
There will be shaking seen in movies and there may be gaps during maneuvers.


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While the Chicago Fire First Team earned its first win of the 2010 campaign Saturday night, their Academy brethren were back in Bridgeview celebrating positive results and preparing for a match the next day.
Such is the case in the USSF Developmental Academy League, where travel costs mixed with school commitments and other concerns force important matches to be played in close proximity to each other. The Fire Academy hosted a delegation from the Rocky Mountains this weekend: Real Colorado on Saturday and Colorado Rush the following day, earning identical records both teams went 1-0-1.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Real Colorado U16 1-1 Chicago Fire U16
In the weekend's curtain raiser the U16's played to a 1-1 draw with Real Colorado at Argo High School. Midfielder Victor Pineda swerved a free kick from twenty yards into the top left of the Colorado goal for a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute.
Real equalized two minutes later with a some trickery. Earning a free kick, Colorado set up a wall and then pulled a quick restart, putting striker Amadou Dia in alone on goal where he rounded Fire keeper Robert Euler to equalize.
Neither team could find the go-ahead goal, with both sides having to settle for a share of the spoils in the 1-1 result.
Scoring Summary
CHI: Victor Pineda, 14th minute
RC: Amadou Dia 16th minute
Fire lineup: 1-Robert Euler, 60-Keaton Albert, 58-Peter Beasley, 56-Elliot Borge (54-Mitch Reavis 61), 53-David Caban (50-Jesus Medina 50), 52-Benjamin Conner, 51-David Cuautle, 44-Henrik Egly, 55-Victor Pineda, 43-Manuel Rios (49-Luis Medina 41), 46-Anthony Torres
Real Colorado U18 1-5 Chicago Fire U18
The older Fire Academy side followed the U16's with an emphatic 5-1 win in Saturday's second game. Dominating target forward Chris Prince netted the first of two goals inside the first minute minute and the 18's didn't look back as they took a 4-0 lead into the first half with goals from Woj Wojceik (20'), Prince (42') and Harry Shipp (45').
Colorado's Robert Derschang ruined Fire keeper Charlie Lyon's shutout when he struck in the 49th minute but the home team responded three minutes later through Tyler Engle. The strike restored the Fire's four-goal lead and rounded out the scoring.
Scoring Summary
CHI: Chris Prince 1'
CHI: Woj Wojciech 20'
CHI: Chris Prince 42'
CHI: Harry Shipp 45'
COL: Robert Derschang 49'
CHI: Tyler Engle 52'
Fire Lineup: 25-Charlie Lyon, 49-Mitch Albrecht, 48-Bryan Ciesiulka (57-Oliver Mayer 7'), 47-Patrick Doody (46-Arturo Garza 46'), 64-Tyler Engle (44-Emanuel Guzman 67'), 62-Michael Enghoffer, 58-Scott Lakin, 56-Billy McGuiness, 54-Chris Prince (45-Marco Gutierrez 58'), 41-Harry Shipp, 61-Woj Wojciech (43-Bryan Lunar 61)
Colorado Rush U16 1-2 Chicago Fire U16
Starting nine of the 11 players that began the previous day's match, the Fire and Colorado Rush left things very late in the Sunday morning clash.
Following a scoreless first half, Fire goalkeeper Robert Euler picked up a serious injury midway through the second frame. The injury added a significant amount of stoppage time onto the second half where the teams finally found goals in bunches.
At the beginning of stoppage time Fire midfielder Victor Pineda earned a penalty kick after being chopped down in the Colorado box. The speedy winger finished the opportunity, tallying his second goal in as many games.
Nine minutes into second half stoppage time some sloppy Fire defending led to the Rush's Logan Bailey finishing past substitute keeper Zak Allen.
The home team responded one minute later when Keaton Albert connected with David Caban who's glancing header beat the Colorado keeper and was literally the last play of the match giving the Fire a 2-1 victory.
Scoring Summary
CHI: Victor Pineda (penalty kick) 80th minute
COL: Logan Bailey 89th minute
CHI: David Caban (Keaton Albert) 90th minute
Fire Lineup: 1-Robert Euler (00-Zak Allen 66), 58-Peter Beasley, 56-Elliot Borge (53-David Caban 48), 52-Benjamin Conner, 51-David Cuautle, 44-Henrik Egly (54-Mitch Reavis 73), 49-Luis Medina, 55-Victor Pineda, 48-Giovanni Sanchez (50-Jesus Medina 48), 46-Anthony Torres, 60-Keaton Albert
Colorado Rush U18 1-1 Chicago Fire U18
The two teams traded blows with neither side able to find the back of the net until the 70th minute when Chris Prince took down a Mitch Albrecht cross and rolled it past Colorado keeper Alex Merrill. The goal was Prince's third of the weekend and the Academy season.
The U18's looked like they would take six points from the Colorado delegation but surrendered a goal in the 91st minute when Seedy Bah beat Charlie Lyon.
Scoring Summary
CHI: Chris Prince (Mitch Albrecht) 70'
COL: Seedy Bah 90+'
Fire Lineup: 25-Charlie Lyon, 53-Patrick Doody, 60-Tyler Engle, 62-Michael Enghoffer (43-Brian Lunar 81), 46-Arturo Garza (44-Emanuel Guzman 69'), 45-Marco Gutierrez, 58-Scott Lakin, 57-Oliver Mayer, 56-Billy McGuiness, 54-Chris Prince (61-Woj Wojciech 88'), 41-Harry Shipp (52-Trevor Wheeler 69')
Academy Assistant Coach Tony Kees
On the U16's weekend
"The guys played well in spurts and moments throughout the weekend, but I wouldn't say they put together two solid 80-minute matches. The guys are lacking a little savvy and having issues with the speed of play. Having said that, we did enough to get four points and considering the opponents were two strong teams from Colorado we're happy with the weekend overall."
On the U18's weekend performance
"The 18's had two fantastic games. They hit on all cylinders on Saturday and I would judge that the first half was some of the best soccer I've seen any Chicago Fire team play. They were fun to watch again on Sunday, playing a Colorado Rush side that was very dangerous on the counter. The 18's put in great back-to-back performances against two very competitive teams this weekend."
The Chicago Fire Academy teams are back in action this Saturday, April 24 at the Toyota Park Practice Field when they take on the Colorado Rapids Academy at 11am and 1pm.


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Building Legal Infrastructure
This quick guide has some practical tips for building formal structure in your Free Software project. Free Software licensing helps to ensure the survival and coherence of a project, though there are a number of other things which affect the sustainability of what you are doing. When considering the long-term, you might want to create a legal entity, you might want to consolidate copyright or you might want to merge with a larger project.
The guide does not contain legal advice and it is not intended to be prescriptive. However, it will provide a good starting point to talk about building formal structures, and it may help you organise your thoughts. From there you can talk with professionals working in this field, or you might want to speak with specialists like lawyers, citizens' advice centres, business promotion agencies and government bodies.
Project governance
When a project is successful and grows, the project leaders may face challenges in administering everything. This is when the core group of developers start talking about governance and the best type of structure to build. This conversation tends to drift towards having formal legal structure to assist with managing finances.
There are many types of formal legal structure. Some examples are:
- Company
- Non-profit association
- Foundation
Establishing a formal legal structure is easier than you might assume. In many cases it just takes a couple of forms and a few hours. However, you do need to know what your goals are to understand which type of structure is best suited to you.
To begin this process we suggest the following:
- Describe your project goal. These goals are not your development goals, but rather the larger goals that explain why you started the project in the first place. Example: "Allow home users around the world to watch movies and listen to music easily."
- Make a list of the things you think you need to accomplish this goal. Some examples could include:
- Have a cross-platform client to play video and music
- Have international language support
- Have an international site to distribute the project code
- Have a way for people to get the source code
- Have a way for people to get involved in development
- Have a formal representative to lead negotiations with third-parties
- Make sure the project follows the laws of each country it distributes to
- Make a list of things that are organisational requirements for you. Some examples could include:
- Our project must be a meritocracy
- We need to be able to deal with finances fairly
- We don't want to make a profit
- We don't want individual developers to have a legal risk
- We want to make sure that no matter who quits the project, the project itself can continue
- Which country you (or the majority of developers) are based in, and whether you think your legal entity needs to be established there
If you do the above, you will already have a pretty good list of your requirements and restraints. This might be enough to get you started, and from this point you might be able to talk with an organisation like FSFE or a lawyer about next steps.
In taking these next steps, you might want to ask a qualified representative about the following questions:
- How business law in your chosen jurisdiction affects your legal entity, e.g.
- How can we adapt our desired organisational structure to fit with legal requirements?
- How should we deal with risk and liability in establishing our legal entity?
- Formalising your project goals into a statement of purpose, constitution, business plan or policy document
- Financials and tax liability (if any)
Understanding copyright
Sometimes a project has no formal legal entity, but the project members have a combined (though legally dubious) copyright notice like this:
"Widgets 1.0 © 2008 Widgets Development Team"
But who exactly is this 'team'? If "Widgets Development Team" is not a legal person (i.e. an individual or company) it generally can't hold copyright.
That means it makes more sense to either have individuals hold the copyright or to have a formal legal entity hold the copyright. For example:
- Widgets 1.0 ©2008 Richard M. Sprocketmacher, Robert Clockwork
- Widgets 1.0 ©2008 Widgets and Sprockets e.V.
By keeping track of your copyright you will find it easier to do various things. Examples include:
- Being able to represent the whole project when talking with third-parties
- Being able to enforce the rights of the whole project if there are violations of the licence
- Upgrading your licences if a new version is released
Good stewardship of your code is also important, since difficulties can arise if the licence status of a file is unknown. It is worthwhile taking the time to implement the following practices:
- Including an accurate, complete copyright statement and licence declaration on every source file
- Following the best practices established by the Free Software community on labelling, such as making your users aware of the licence(s) which apply in appropriate and helpful places, e.g. in a 'COPYING' file, in documentation and on your web sites.
- Don't forget to ship a copy of the appropriate licence(s) with the work, so that there is no doubt about application.
See the FSF's guidelines on the GNU licences for more tips and tricks.
Copyright consolidation
As part of your project governance you might decide to create a formal legal entity and assign all the project copyright to it. In this case you need to do something called copyright consolidation. That means bringing all the copyright together into one place.
This is usually accomplished with a copyright assignment document. Some people might call this an "exploitation right assignment" document. These type of documents are used by projects like GNU and KDE e.V.
You can see an example of a copyright consolidation on FSFE's website. We publish something called the Fiduciary Licence Agreement, and this is designed to transfer copyright or exclusive exploitation rights in both common and civil law countries.
Assigning copyright is a serious business (after all, you are transferring rights). Please talk to a legal expert before beginning a process like this. This is because the process varies across jurisdictions and it is prudent to employ an experienced legal professional to ensure all assignments and licences are legally valid.
One of the possible benefits of establishing a formal entity for your Free Software project is that it can assist in the control and management of trademarks.
Trademarks can be useful because:
- They help to identify your project, and this may help reduce administrative hassle and legal problems
- They prevent other projects being confused with your work
Trademarks need to be registered. You might even want to register trademarks in multiple jurisdictions if you have an international project.
A formal legal entity can assist with managing trademarks by:
- Establishing guidance on use of the trademarks, including community usage
- Licensing trademarks for merchandising, sponsorship, advertising or community relations
- Maintaining a single legal contact for your trademarks
Trademarks are powerful legal tools, given that they contain an obligation to enforce the rights granted, and because can prevent others from using the name in certain circumstances. Because of this, projects differ on their attitudes to how they should be managed.
When using trademarks you should:
- Ensure that your trademarks are unique by conducting searches. It is advisable to pay a lawyer or consultant to do this, however you can also search public databases yourself.
- Use appropriate designations (e.g. the 'R' or 'TM' symbols) when appropriate
- Keep accurate records
It may be appropriate to establish documentation on how, where and for what purposes the trademark may be used by third parties, so that the project and the community at large can avoid conflict over this issue. Open communications are valued in the Free Software world, and it is especially important to consult extensively with your community on how this issue should be handled.
Further reading
You may find some of the following publications useful for reference purposes and for reading about infrastructure issues in depth. Please note that these documents may use terms such as "Intellectual Property" or "Open Source" which FSFE does not endorse. To learn why visit here and here.
- Engelfriet, A (2006) Crash course on copyrights / Spoedcursus auteursrecht (English, Dutch) Online version
- Fontana, R, et al. (2008) A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects (SFLC), Chapters 3, 4, 5 Online version
- Lindberg, Van (2008) Intellectual Property and Open Source: A practical guide to protecting code (O'Reilly), Chapter 14: "Incorporating as a non-profit" WorldCat listing
- Meeker, Heather J. (2008) The Open Source Alternative: Understanding Risks and Leveraging Opportunities (Wiley) Chapters 4, 7, 8, 10 WorldCat listing
For more information you can contact:
- FSFE's Freedom Task Force: firstname.lastname@example.com
Copyright note
Copyright (c) 2009 Graeme West, Shane Coughlan
This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported licence.


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BEIJING, China - A brown cloud of pollution
caused by human activities, three kilometers thick and stretching from
the Arabian Peninsula across Asia to the western Pacific Ocean, is
darkening cities, speeding the melting of Himalayan glaciers and
affecting human health, finds a new report from the United Nations
Environment Programme.
Atmospheric brown clouds, formed by the burning of fossil
fuels, biofuels, wood and plants, absorb sunlight and heat the air,
experts write in the study released today in Beijing.
The clouds also mask the actual warming impact of climate change by
anywhere between 20 and 80 percent because they include sulfates and
other chemicals which reflect sunlight and cool the surface, according
to the report.
Dimming of between 10 and 25 percent is occurring over Beijing and Shanghai, in China, Karachi, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India.
Professor Veerabhadran Ramanathan, head of the UNEP scientific panel
carrying out the research, is based at the Scripps Institution of
Oceanography in La Jolla, California.
The new report provides confirmation of the atmospheric brown
clouds effects that Ramanathan's research first documented six years
"Our preliminary assessment, published in 2002, triggered a great deal
of awareness but also skepticism," he said. "That has often been the
initial reaction to new, novel and far reaching, counter-intuitive
scientific research."
Ramanathan called for an international response to the report's
findings that "tackles the twin threats of greenhouse gases and brown
clouds and the unsustainable development that underpins both."
"One of the most serious problems highlighted in the report is
the documented retreat of the Hind Kush-Himalayan-Tibetan glaciers,
which provide the headwaters for most Asian rivers, and thus have
serious implications for the water and food security of Asia," he said.
The scientific team behind the report is drawn from
universities and research centers in China, India, Japan, Korea,
Singapore and Thailand as well as Europe and the United States.
The scientists found that the artificial lowering of
temperature by atmospheric brown clouds is leading to sharp shifts in
weather patterns, causing drying in northern China while increasing the
risk of flooding in China's south.
Monsoon precipitation over India and South-East Asia has dropped up to
seven percent since the 1950s, with the summer monsoon both weakening
and shrinking.
The possible impact of atmospheric brown clouds could include
elevated levels of ground-level ozone, which could result in crop
losses of up to 40 percent in Asia.
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Achim Steiner, UNEP's executive director, voiced hope that the
report, "Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Regional Assessment Report with
Focus on Asia" will serve as an early warning of the phenomenon, which
he hopes will now be "firmly on the international community's radar."
He called on developed countries to help their poorer counterparts attain the technology needed to spur green economic growth.
"In doing so, they can not only lift the threat of climate
change but also turn off the soot-stream that is feeding the formation
of atmospheric brown clouds in many of the world's regions," Steiner
Atmospheric brown clouds start as indoor and outdoor air
pollution consisting of particles called primary
aerosols and pollutant gases, such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon
monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ammonia (NH3), and hundreds of
organic gases and acids.
"Widespread plumes resulting from the combustion of biofuels from indoors; biomass burning outdoors and
fossil fuels, are found in all densely inhabited regions and oceanic regions downwind of populated
continents," the report states.
The report points to 13 megacities as being "hotspots" for
atmospheric brown clouds - Bangkok, Beijing, Cairo, Dhaka, Karachi,
Kolkata, Lagos, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen and
Soot levels in these cities make up 10 percent of the total mass of all
carbon particles in the atmosphere that result from human activities.
The clouds contain toxic aerosols, carcinogens and other
harmful particles, which could result in more people suffering from
respiratory disease and cardiovascular problems.
More research is needed to determine the precise role of the
clouds on food production and farmers' livelihoods, the report states.
More research is also required on the brown clouds that exist in parts
of North America, Europe, Southern Africa and the Amazon Basin.
"The new research, by identifying some of the causal factors,
offers hope for taking actions to slow down this disturbing
phenomenon," said Professor Ramanathan. But he cautioned that
"significant uncertainty remains in our understanding of the complexity
of the regional effects of ABCs and more surprises may await us."
To read the report, "Atmospheric Brown Clouds: Regional Assessment Report With Focus on Asia," click here.