Nova Scotia Civil Procedure Rules

The Civil Procedure Rules govern proceedings in Nova Scotia\u27s Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. They are made and amended by the Judges of the Supreme and Appeal Courts under the authority of the Judicature Act. The Supreme Court has a Bench Rules Committee which consists of 10 judges. One judge is from the Court of Appeal. Working groups and sub-committees make recommendations and report to the Bench Rules Committee for final decisions on additions or amendments to the Rules and Forms. The current version of the Civil Procedure Rules were developed by the Judges of the two Courts on June 6, 2008. Part 13 - Family Proceedings, was completed in April 2010. These rules went into effect on Jan. 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, ( Part 13 - Family Proceedings), except as provided in Part 19 - Transition, Rule 92. The earlier version of the Rules dated back to 1972.https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/faculty_books/1077/thumbnail.jp

Cleavage of the apoptosis inhibitor DIAP1 by the apical caspase DRONC in both normal and apoptotic drosophila cells

In Drosophila S2 cells, the apical caspase DRONC undergoes a low level of spontaneous autoprocessing. Unintended apoptosis is prevented by the inhibitor of apoptosis DIAP1, which targets the processed form of DRONC for degradation through its E3 ubiquitin protein ligase activity. Recent reports have demonstrated that shortly after the initiation of apoptosis in S2 cells, DIAP1 is cleaved following aspartate residue Asp-20 by the effector caspase DrICE. Here we report a novel caspase-mediated cleavage of DIAP1 in S2 cells. In both living and dying S2 cells, DIAP1 is cleaved by DRONC after glutamate residue Glu-205, located between the first and second BIR domains. The mutation of Glu-205 prevented the interaction of DIAP1 and processed DRONC but had no effect on the interaction with full-length DRONC. The mutation of Glu-205 also had a negative effect on the ability of overexpressed DIAP1 to prevent apoptosis stimulated by the proapoptotic protein Reaper or by UV light. These results expand our knowledge of the events that occur in the Drosophila apoptosome prior to and after receiving an apoptotic signal

Direction of the Play: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, language and dialect analysis, casting, direction, vocal coaching, choreographing and post-production analysis of Central Washington University\u27s production of Emily Anne Rollie\u27s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Documentation includes research and analysis of the play, its language, and an evaluation of the play as a production vehicle for the department of Theatre Arts at Central Washington University

The Drosophila DIAP1 protein is required to prevent accumulation of a continuously generated, processed form of the apical caspase DRONC

Although loss of the inhibitor of apoptosis (LAP) protein DIAP1 has been shown to result in caspase activation and spontaneous cell death in Drosophila cells and embryos, the point at which DIAP1 normally functions to inhibit caspase activation is unknown. Depletion of the DIAP1 protein in Drosophila S2 cells or the Sf-IAP protein in Spodoptera frugiperda Sf21 cells by RNA interference (RNAi) or cycloheximide treatment resulted in rapid and widespread caspase-dependent apoptosis. Co-silencing of dronc or dark largely suppressed this apoptosis, indicating that DIAP1 is normally required to inhibit an activity dependent on these proteins. Silencing of dronc also inhibited DRICE processing following stimulation of apoptosis, demonstrating that DRONC functions as an apical caspase in S2 cells. Silencing of diap1 or treatment with UV light induced DRONC processing, which occurred in two steps. The first step appeared to occur continuously even in the absence of an apoptotic signal and to be dependent on DARK because full-length DRONC accumulated when dark was silenced in non-apoptotic cells. In addition, treatment with the proteasome inhibitor MG132 resulted in accumulation of this initially processed form of DRONC, but not full-length DRONC, in non-apoptotic cells. The second step in DRONC processing was observed only in apoptotic cells. These results indicate that the initial step in DRONC processing occurs continuously via a DARK-dependent mechanism in Drosophila cells and that DIAP1 is required to prevent excess accumulation of this first form of processed DRONC, presumably through its ability to act as a ubiquitin-protein ligase

Evidence

“Evidence” is what, in our adversary system, the parties attempt to place before the neutral factfinder in order to prove their case (or disprove their opponent\u27s case). We follow the principle of party-presentation: parties determine what specific items of evidence are offered for proof, while the impartial judge or decision maker will determine which items are “admissible” evidence, in accordance with principles of law. At the end of the trial or hearing, the fact-finder (jury, judge, tribunal, decision maker) will determine which of those admissible items of evidence are believed or not, in formulating “fact-guesses” or “findings of fact”

The Year in Spousal Support: Appeals, Material Changes and More

At last year’s Family Law Summit, after reviewing the 2016 appeal cases, I focussed my presentation on two SSAG issues: location in the ranges for amount and duration; and the SSAG exceptions. 2016 was a big year for SSAG cases in the Ontario Court of Appeal, notably the decision in Mason v. Mason, 2016 ONCA 725. Mason joins the three other “must-read” SSAG appeal decisions: Fisher v. Fisher, 2008 ONCA 11; Cassidy v. MacNeil, 2010 ONCA 218; and Gray v. Gray, 2014 ONCA 659. 2016 was also the year of the release of the Revised User’s Guide, an updated user’s guide to the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (April 2016). The “official” Guidelines document is still the final version of the SSAG, released by Justice Canada back in July 2008. The R.U.G. should be read with the 2008 SSAG document. The Revised User’s Guide updates the case law to February 2016 and offers lots of practical tips and ideas for the use of the SSAG. It is regularly cited by the courts (over 60 citations across Canada, over 30 in Ontario alone). In 2016, Mason reminded us all not to default to the mid-point on amount, but to explain location in the range. A number of other 2016 appeals addressed “location”: Wharry v. Wharry, 2016 ONCA 920; Berger v. Berger, 2016 ONCA 884; and Elmgreen v. Elmgreen, 2016 ONCA 849. If 2016 was “the year of location” in the Court of Appeal for Ontario, what about 2017? No such coherence is to be found, but there were a couple of important appeal decisions and a few baffling ones. My other theme for 2017 and 2018 is the courts’ continuing struggle over what is or is not a “material change” on variations or motions to change. Here Ontario is not alone, as it has become a cross-Canada problem, and this only a few years after the Supreme Court of Canada restated the law on variation in L.M.P. v. L.S., 2011 SCC 64

Perceptions of Retired Public School Teachers Regarding Retirement: Implications for Preretirement Planning

The purpose of this study was to identify perceptions about retirement and suggestions regarding retirement planning from retired public school educators. The writer\u27s primary interest was in developing a data base regarding the non-financial issues of retirement leading to the design of a preretirement preparation planning program. A random sample of 393 retired North Dakota teachers from a population of 3930 was surveyed. Seventy percent (274) returned the eight-page survey. The sample had the following characteristics: average age--73 years, average length of retirement--10.65 years, 74 percent were female, 72 percent lived in their own home, 37 percent had moved since retiring, 46 percent were married, 34.5 percent were widowed, and 11.6 percent had never married. A total of 559 comments were volunteered by respondents regarding relocation, concerns and attractions, and for the hypothetical context of what would I do differently. The survey sought information about retirement lifestyle, preparation, employer\u27s responsibility, commencement time for program components, retirement activities and volunteering, reasons for retiring, satisfaction on seven retirement elements, residence and relocation, and general advice. Results suggest that a successful retirement lifestyle is a reflection of attitude and expectancies and that these can be influenced by preretirement planning. Preretirement planning is desired and desirable on both financial and non-financial issues. Most issues should begin to be addressed before the educator has reached the age of forty-five. A retirement preparedness scale was developed covering twenty-seven retirement and general aging issues. While financial preparedness provides one with the ability to retire, preparedness on non-financial issues provides one with a higher quality of life in retirement

Variation in American Bison (Bison Bison) Ecological Functionality across Management Sectors: Implications for Conducting Conservation Assessments

The American bison (Bison bison subspp.), once on the verge of extinction, now number in the hundreds of thousands. Despite an understanding of their numerical recovery, a comprehensive survey of bison herds and how their management varies between sectors has never been completed, and neither has a critical evaluation of the level of ecological recovery of the species. I surveyed bison managers from all major sectors, collecting extensive information about each bison situation. I identified significant proportional differences between management sectors among my survey questions using Freeman-Halton-Fisher exact tests of independence. I visualized and grouped individual herds based on their adherence to the 2017 RLA criteria using a multiple correspondence analysis and hierarchical clustering analysis. I then used this information to conduct three nested iterations of the novel IUCN Green Status Assessment (GSA) with inclusion of herds in each iteration based on progressively relaxed definitions of “wild” from the most recent RLA criteria. In the end, I identified that inclusion of more bison herds in the assessment may increase GSA scores due to numerical recovery, but may lead to lower levels of perceived ecological recovery, posing important questions as we look into the future of bison conservation over the next 100 years

Thin film resistor deposition

Thin film techniques may be the key to future miniaturization of electrical equipment. The purpose of this thesis was to develop procedures for deposition of thin film resistors and to test these deposited resistors. Starting with a vacuum system, equipment was designed and built to hold and heat the substrate, monitor the substrate temperature and deposited resistance, and to evaporate the material to be deposited. Resistors were deposited and tested for resistance between resistors, capacitance between resistors, and resistance of resistors. A heat aging test was also used comparing resistors with and without a silicon monoxide coating --Abstract, page ii