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Financial Conflict of Interest Policy for WKU Office of Sponsored Programs
I. Policy
Western Kentucky University (WKU) has published high standards for Faculty conduct, including the conduct of research, in the WKU Faculty Manual and its Policies and Procedures. All WKU Investigators are expected to carry out research consistent with these standards.
Even when these high standards have been met, conflicts of interest or perceptions of conflicts may still occur when there is a convergence of an Investigator's private interests with his or her research interests, such that an independent observer might reasonably question whether the Investigator's professional actions or decisions are improperly influenced by considerations of personal financial gain. Such conflicts are common in universities and do not impugn the character or actions of any individual.
Although WKU does not require Investigators to disclose their personal financial interests as a matter of routine, WKU may be obligated by external requirements, or may establish such requirements on a program by program basis, to require disclosure processes under circumstances specified in Section II.B. of this policy. Such disclosure processes are the most widely accepted method for identifying and managing actual or potential conflicts of interest related to sponsored projects in public institutions.
Therefore, it is the policy of WKU that any Investigator (that is, any WKU employee responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of a sponsored project at WKU) may be required to disclose significant personal financial interests related to his/her institutional responsibilities pursuant to circumstances specified by this policy.
When WKU reasonably determines that the significant financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the research, WKU will take steps either to manage or to eliminate any financial conflicts of interest.
II. Purpose and Scope
A. Purpose
This policy is intended to promote objectivity in research by establishing standards that provide a reasonable expectation that the design, conduct and reporting of research funded under externally sponsored grants, contracts and cooperative agreements will be free from bias resulting from Investigator financial conflicts of interest.
B. Scope
This policy shall apply automatically to research projects sponsored by the U.S. Public Health Service, including the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation. As described below, WKU may elect to apply the disclosure requirements of this policy to other externally sponsored projects and certain WKU-managed programs. Application of this policy will be expanded to other extramural sponsors as necessary to comply with official requirements subsequently imposed by those sponsors. Updated information regarding specific institutional and sponsoring agency requirements can be located at http://www.wku.edu/sponsoredprograms.
1. Federal Disclosure Requirements
This policy implements federal requirements pertaining to "Objectivity in Research for which Public Health Service Funding is Sought" promulgated by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), which includes the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and which are published in 42 CFR Part 50 and 45 CFR Part 94. This policy also implements federal requirements contained in the National Science Foundation's "Investigator Financial Disclosure Policy." Both agencies require WKU to maintain an appropriate written policy on conflict of interest disclosure as a condition for receiving federal grants. These federal requirements, as implemented in this policy, are applicable to all proposals for extramural awards submitted to these two federal agencies.
2. Other Sponsors and Programs
WKU may elect to apply the disclosure requirements of this policy to all or selected other externally funded programs. The applicability of this policy to such programs requires the joint approval of the Vice President for Research and the Provost.
3. Voluntary Disclosure On occasion, Investigators may have questions about whether certain financial interests or relationships whose disclosure is not required under the terms of this policy, but may nevertheless appear to constitute an actual or potential conflict of interest with respect to a sponsored project. In such cases, Investigators may choose voluntarily to apply the disclosure requirements of this policy to the sponsored project in question. Should WKU subsequently determine that the voluntarily disclosed interest reasonably appear to be affected by the sponsored project; WKU may take steps either to manage or to eliminate the conflict.
III. Procedures
A. Disclosure of Financial Interests
When an Investigator has a significant financial interest that is related to his/her institutional responsibilities as defined below, a formal disclosure describing that interest is required. The absence of a significant financial interest also requires a disclosure stating that no outside interests exist.
This reporting responsibility is separate from an Investigator's ongoing duty to update financial disclosures at least annually and as any new significant financial interests is recognized throughout the period of the sponsored award.
B. Disclosure Requirement
For each sponsored project application covered under the terms of this policy, each Investigator must fully disclose all Significant Financial Interests (and those of the Investigator's spouse and dependent children) related to his/her institutional responsibilities no later than the time of the application for the sponsored research/project. All Investigators participating in sponsored research covered under the terms of this policy also must file an updated Disclosure of Financial Interests at least annually or within thirty days of discovering or acquiring a new significant financial interest.
C. Disclosure and Update Form(s)
When an Investigator has a significant financial interest (SFI) that is related to his/her institutional responsibilities, as defined above, a completed disclosure form detailing that interest is required. In the absence of an SFI, the Investigator must submit a negative disclosure statement using the specified reporting form. Additionally, it is an investigator's ongoing duty to update financial disclosures annually and as new significant financial interests are recognized throughout the period of the award. Disclosure and Update form(s) will be designed by the Reviewing Official who, in consultation with the COIC, will determine the appropriate level of detail necessary for review. The Disclosure and Update form(s) must:
1. Indicate whether the Investigator (including his/her spouse or dependent children) has any significant financial interests related to his/her institutional responsibilities;
2. Provide the name of each entity in which the Investigator has a significant financial interest and the type of the financial interest (income, equity, management position, or intellectual property);
3. Indicate whether the entity in which the Investigator has a significant financial interest is a proposed subcontractor, consortium member, supplier of goods, lessor, or otherwise involved with the sponsored project(s);
4. Indicate whether the entity in which the Investigator has a significant financial interest might manufacture or commercialize any drug, vaccine, device, procedure or any other product involved in or that will predictably result from the sponsored project(s);
5. Disclosure and Update form(s) may provide the Investigator with a direct opportunity to indicate whether or not he or she believes the project(s) could directly and significantly affect the related financial interest(s) he or she is reporting; and
6. Provide notice to the Investigator that the disclosure will be open to public inspection and include a Privacy Act Notice substantially as follows: The principal purpose for requesting the information on this form is to comply with WKU policy and federal regulations regarding disclosure of any financial interests that would reasonably appear to be affected by the conduct of a sponsored project. Provision of the information is mandatory if you want to submit a proposal for support of a project covered by the terms of this policy. The information may be released or transmitted to the sponsor, including federal agency representatives, and, according to state law, may also be released to the public upon request.
D. Review of Disclosures
The Disclosure shall be reviewed by the Reviewing Official(s) and/or the COIC to determine whether any reported significant financial interest: could be affected by the funded research; or is an entity whose financial interest could be affected by the sponsored research/project. A financial conflict of interest exists when WKU through its Reviewing Official(s), reasonably determines that the significant financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the sponsored research/project.
The Committee appointed by the Vice President for Research to review disclosures and relevant features of the sponsored project(s) and, on the basis of the review, to recommend to the Vice President for Research any modifications necessary to manage any financial conflicts of interests related to the project.
A direct impact occurs when the project results would be directly relevant to the development, manufacturing, or improvement of the products or services of the entity in which the Investigator has a financial interest, or when the entity is a proposed subcontractor or participant in the project. A significant impact on the financial interest is one that will materially affect the value of the entity, its earnings, or the sales of its products, or the entity is a proposed subcontractor or participant in the project.
Based on information provided in the Disclosure, the Reviewing Official(s) and/or the COIC may determine that there is no reasonable basis on which to conclude that a project could affect the financial interest and/or that the financial interest is not likely to directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the project. In this case, a record should be made of the Reviewing Official(s) or Committee's action and the project can proceed without further review.
In the event that the WKU Reviewing Official(s) reasonably concludes that a project could have an impact on the financial interest and that the financial interest could affect directly and significantly the design, conduct or reporting of the project, the Disclosure and appropriate documentation shall be forwarded to the COIC. The COIC, working with the Reviewing Official(s), will make a final decision about the appropriate actions that are necessary to manage the conflict of interest. The same review process takes place when an Investigator files an Update form reporting a new significant financial interest.
E. Management or Elimination of Conflicts of Interest
When it is reasonably determined that an Investigator has financial interests that could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the research/sponsored project, WKU's Reviewing Official(s) and the COIC will recommend implementing a plan and procedures to manage the conflict of interest in order to minimize the effect of the related Significant Financial Interest(s) on the design, conduct, or reporting of the sponsored project(s). Investigators also may be asked to make recommendations about how to manage the conflict of interest. Examples of conditions or restrictions that may be imposed to manage or eliminate conflicts of interest include:
1. Public disclosure of financial conflicts of Interest(s) when presenting or publishing research;
2. For projects involving human subject research, disclosure of financial conflicts of interest directly to subjects;
3. Monitoring of the project by independent reviewers capable of taking measures to protect the design, conduct, and reporting of the research against bias resulting from financial conflicts of interest;
4. Modification of the research or project plan;
5. Disqualification of Investigator(s) from participation in all or a portion of the project;
6. Reduction or elimination of the financial interest (e.g. sale of an equity interest); or
7. Severance of relationships that create financial conflicts.
Alternatively, the Reviewing Official(s) and COIC may recommend that the project not be undertaken by WKU if it is determined that the conflicts cannot be managed satisfactorily.
The review of the Disclosure(s) and adoption of conditions or restrictions to manage or eliminate the conflict of interest must be completed prior to expending funds made available under the sponsored award. When required, a report of the existence of a conflict of interest and assurance that it has been managed, reduced, or eliminated, must be submitted to the sponsoring agency.
F. Sanctions
Failure to file a complete Disclosure of Financial Interest Form or Update Form, or to comply with any conditions or restrictions imposed on the conduct of the project under this Policy will be grounds for disciplinary action pursuant to the relevant WKU policies related to faculty conduct or other applicable employee disciplinary policies.
In addition, federal regulations may require reports to the federal sponsor of any information that may show a violation of WKU policy. Sponsors may suspend or terminate the award and/or debar an Investigator from receiving future awards in the event of failure to comply with applicable federal regulations on disclosure, review, and management of significant financial interests related to federally sponsored projects.
G. Responsibilities and Administration
The Provost, Vice President for Research, and Deans within their respective areas of responsibility, shall implement this Policy. Implementation shall be monitored by the Vice President for Research or designee, in consultation with the Provost.
Records regarding Disclosures, Reviewing Official(s) determinations, COIC recommendations, and WKU actions regarding management of a conflict of interest must be retained for three years beyond the termination or completion of an award, or until resolution of any action by the sponsor involving the records, whichever is longer.
Implementation of this Policy shall include compliance with applicable sponsor regulations governing institutional responsibilities, certification of compliance, reporting requirements, and other duties required under the specific sponsor's regulations.
H. Definitions (as defined by www.ecfr.gov – 42CFR50.603 recorded January 1, 2013)
Financial conflict of interest (FCOI) means a significant financial interest that could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of PHS-funded research.
FCOI report means an Institution's report of a financial conflict of interest to a PHS Awarding Component.
Financial interest means anything of monetary value, whether or not the value is readily ascertainable.
HHS means the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and any components of the Department to which the authority involved may be delegated.
Institution means any domestic or foreign, public or private, entity or organization (excluding a Federal agency) that is applying for, or that receives, PHS research funding.
Institutional responsibilities means an Investigator's professional responsibilities on behalf of the Institution, and as defined by the Institution in its policy on financial conflicts of interest, which may include for example: activities such as research, research consultation, teaching, professional practice, institutional committee memberships, and service on panels such as Institutional Review Boards or Data and Safety Monitoring Boards.
Investigator means the project director or principal Investigator and any other person, regardless of title or position, who is responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research funded by the PHS, or proposed for such funding, which may include, for example, collaborators or consultants.
Manage means taking action to address a financial conflict of interest, which can include reducing or eliminating the financial conflict of interest, to ensure, to the extent possible, that the design, conduct, and reporting of research will be free from bias.
PD/PI means a project director or principal Investigator of a PHS-funded research project; the PD/PI is included in the definitions of senior/key personnel and Investigator under this subpart.
PHS means the Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and any components of the PHS to which the authority involved may be delegated, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
PHS Awarding Component means the organizational unit of the PHS that funds the research that is subject to this subpart. Public Health Service Act or PHS Act means the statute codified at 42 U.S.C. 201 et seq.
Research means a systematic investigation, study or experiment designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge relating broadly to public health, including behavioral and social-sciences research. The term encompasses basic and applied research (e.g., a published article, book or book chapter) and product development (e.g., a diagnostic test or drug). As used in this subpart, the term includes any such activity for which research funding is available from a PHS Awarding Component through a grant or cooperative agreement, whether authorized under the PHS Act or other statutory authority, such as a research grant, career development award, center grant, individual fellowship award, infrastructure award, institutional training grant, program project, or research resources award.
Senior/key personnel means the PD/PI and any other person identified as senior/key personnel by the Institution in the grant application, progress report, or any other report submitted to the PHS by the Institution under this subpart.
Significant financial interest means:
(1) A financial interest consisting of one or more of the following interests of the Investigator (and those of the Investigator's spouse and dependent children) that reasonably appears to be related to the Investigator's institutional responsibilities:
(i) With regard to any publicly traded entity, a significant financial interest exists if the value of any remuneration received from the entity in the twelve months preceding the disclosure and the value of any equity interest in the entity as of the date of disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000. For purposes of this definition, remuneration includes salary and any payment for services not otherwise identified as salary (e.g., consulting fees, honoraria, paid authorship); equity interest includes any stock, stock option, or other ownership interest, as determined through reference to public prices or other reasonable measures of fair market value;
(ii) With regard to any non-publicly traded entity, a significant financial interest exists if the value of any remuneration received from the entity in the twelve months preceding the disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000, or when the Investigator (or the Investigator's spouse or dependent children) holds any equity interest (e.g., stock, stock option, or other ownership interest); or
(iii) Intellectual property rights and interests (e.g., patents, copyrights), upon receipt of income related to such rights and interests.
(2) Investigators also must disclose the occurrence of any reimbursed or sponsored travel ( i.e., that which is paid on behalf of the Investigator and not reimbursed to the Investigator so that the exact monetary value may not be readily available), related to their institutional responsibilities; provided, however, that this disclosure requirement does not apply to travel that is reimbursed or sponsored by a Federal, state, or local government agency, an Institution of higher education as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a), an academic teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with an Institution of higher education. The Institution's FCOI policy will specify the details of this disclosure, which will include, at a minimum, the purpose of the trip, the identity of the sponsor/organizer, the destination, and the duration. In accordance with the Institution's FCOI policy, the institutional official(s) will determine if further information is needed, including a determination or disclosure of monetary value, in order to determine whether the travel constitutes an FCOI with the PHS-funded research.
(3) The term significant financial interest does not include the following types of financial interests: salary, royalties, or other remuneration paid by the Institution to the Investigator if the Investigator is currently employed or otherwise appointed by the Institution, including intellectual property rights assigned to the Institution and agreements to share in royalties related to such rights; any ownership interest in the Institution held by the Investigator, if the Institution is a commercial or for-profit organization; income from investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and retirement accounts, as long as the Investigator does not directly control the investment decisions made in these vehicles; income from seminars, lectures, or teaching engagements sponsored by a Federal, state, or local government agency, an Institution of higher education as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a), an academic teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with an Institution of higher education; or income from service on advisory committees or review panels for a Federal, state, or local government agency, an Institution of higher education as defined at 20 U.S.C. 1001(a), an academic teaching hospital, a medical center, or a research institute that is affiliated with an Institution of higher education.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program means the extramural research program for small businesses that is established by the Awarding Components of the Public Health Service and certain other Federal agencies under Public Law 97-219, the Small Business Innovation Development Act, as amended. For purposes of this subpart, the term SBIR Program also includes the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, which was established by Public Law 102-564.
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Hi, friends. Urban Girl, here.
We've been experimenting with food storage more and more here in the Emergency Essentials Test Kitchen, and we hope you've been enjoying the recipes coming through in our emails (if you aren't signed up for those, click on the blue button near the top of the blog to sign up!).
I've been thinking about having a dinner party in the next couple of weeks, and I decided I want to kill two birds with one stone and have a food storage dinner party. So I've been looking through the recipes on BePrepared.com and I've come up with three dinner parties I could pull together. Here's what I'm thinking (click each image to see the recipe):
Appetizer: 7-layer Dip
Entrée: Beef Brisket Taco
Dessert: Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Crisps
Appetizer: Creamy Tuscan Tomato Soup
Entrée: Linguini Chicken with Vegetables
Dessert: Peach "Shortcake" with Strawberry Basil Sauce
Appetizer: Zucchini Corn Fritters
Entrée: Cajun Chicken and Pasta
Dessert: Strawberry-Banana-Peach Cobbler
And for drinks, I'll make one of the delicious food storage mocktails we whipped up in the Test Kitchen. Yum!
I've tried all these recipes, and I love every single one. So now I just have to decide which menu to use. I'm leaning toward the Southern-inspired dinner, but man… I really love 7-Layer Dip.
Which of these dinner parties would you throw? Or would you go a different route for a food storage dinner party?
Bon appetit!
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A resource for reliable information about significant people, places, events, and things in Minnesota history.
L. S. Donaldson Company delivery truck, c.1930.
L. S. Donaldson delivery wagons, 1911. Photograph by C.J. Hibbard.
La Pointe, Madeline Island, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, c.1905.
Lace makers at Leech Lake, 1906.
Lace makers at Morton.
Lace Makers at the Redwood Mission, Morton, 1897.
1939 photograph by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration.
Lafayette School, 1917. Image from Aronovici, Carol. Housing Conditions in the City of Saint Paul. St. Paul: Amherst H. Wilder Charity, 1917, 80
Lafayette School, corner of Kentucky and Fenton, the only public school in the Flats, c.1921.
Two story building with poeple standing and sitting on second floor porch, c.1880. Man seated on first floor porch. Sign on building "LAKE HOUSE/ A.F. SCHUTZ PROP". Dirt street. Man holding the reins on a horse which has a rider. Wood pile visible on left side of building.
This was one of the hotels contributing to Waconia being a summer tourist destination.
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Psalm 80
Israel pleads with the Shepherd of Israel for deliverance, for salvation, and for His face to shine upon them.
1 Give ear, O
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us.
4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a
9 Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
12 Why hast thou then
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So will not we


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For The Times, They Are A-Changin'...
By Allan EastmanGo back to Page 3
Is Time Ripe?
It is in the children of the digital age that we really see the changes reflected. In their early years, their time stressed parents used the television as a kind of home based babysitter. The young spend hours there every day, bombarded by fast changing, fast moving images. They learn to "surf" with the TV remote and this talent is transferred to their easy relationships with computers and cell phones and iPods. They are totally tech savvy but their unformed brains are being saturated by a quantity of sensations and information that they cannot hope to assimilate or process.
A new neurosis among the young is soon noted and over the last few decades, becomes the designer mental disorder of the era – Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Its symptoms are eerily similar to the patterns of digital age. ADD kids exhibit a kind of hyperactivity – an impulsiveness and a restlessness, a constant search for new stimuli, an inability to concentrate on any one thing. It seems to create a self absorption, a loss of inhibition and a kind of self centered unconcern or even hostility in the individual. The self must be constantly serviced – "no figuring out, no mind work, just give me what I want now."
Certain researchers note that the brains of kids with ADD are different – some lobes related to self control are shrunken and they habitually produce less dopamine, an important neural transmitter for the exchange of information within the brain. At the moment, it is a chicken and egg scenario – which is the cause and which is the effect - but it certainly appears that something important is going on here. If our lifestyles and our modern modes of communication are actually causing damaging physiological changes in our brains, then we have definitely entered a new, and somewhat scary, era in our human story.
There is a growing concern that learning patterns among many of the young have irretrievably lost the previous system of self motivated discovery and play, which develops imagination and promotes stable emotional relationships. In their place is the high speed, fragmented, externally directed, surfing mentality where most interactions with their environment are filtered through an electronic intermediary that by its very nature, never goes very deeply into anything. If our friendships consist of social networking and our modes of thought are the cut and paste of existing information, what comes next for the human race?
In the face of all the concerns that this new relationship with Time have brought and the attendant stress that goes hand in hand with our high speed, wired, overfull existences, many people have begun to campaign for a conscious reversal of this process. Certain individuals and Groups are now advocating "slow" Time – slow food, slow learning, slow living. It is an attempt to at least partially opt out of the velocity of our modern lives and seek a kind of quality of experience that many of us feel we have lost and that may be adversely affecting our children and our lives.
At a time in our history when old "natural" conceptions of Time have largely disappeared from modern societies, to be replaced by something which despite all its apparent benefits, appears to fill so many people with anxiety – the basic question can only be "What will be the outcome of all this?"
For the people who complain of an extreme busyness that causes them unhappiness, the answer should be to find a way to slow down. Perhaps it is time to disconnect from some of those electronic devices and go out and sit on a patch of green grass and watch the clouds float by for awhile. Perhaps it is time to at least partially reject the fragmented ever Present-ness of the information age and reconnect to all those interior processes which served the human race so well in our ascent – to muse, to reflect, to daydream, to imagine.
Maybe the real eureka moment will be to discover how we can get ourselves out of this mess we've gotten ourselves into.
Or maybe it is all just the way the world, and we humans who inhabit it, evolve. We may not like it very much but it could be taking us to a new, very different and one can hope, better future. Maybe by taking on all this fragmentation during our finite existences, we get closer to the real nature of Time, more like Julian Barbour conceives it, a Universe of all the possible Nows.
Maybe we just need to get better at handling it.
newsletter, and I just don't have time to read it. If these articles were an
appropriately short length, I would read them more often.
Hi Allen, every once and awhile - someone comes along and puts their finger
directly on the pulse of everything that i am feeling, and experiencing. You
tied-it up in a nice 'sweet bow' . . 'complexity' made Simple, & Powerful. This
is a Wild Ride, this 'Life' . . this 'Consciousness' . . this Play called 'Life
on Planet Earth'! 'Just gave you a Nice Twit-blast and linked to this article!
Keep it Up Bro, proud to be on the same 'Orb with you! :)
BestEz, johnny spicer Defiant Sun Media, Pacific Beach, California
outside. Just go check some sunset times so you can go outside and enjoy one of
the most beautiful moments in nature!
better than we in his poem/lyric "Slow down you move too fast". Now my children
one 30 and one 40 are beginning to learn it too, the younger better than the
older. But hey, we all learn in our own time at our own pace. As one of my
wife's people said (she is part aboriginal american and has been my love for
over 47 years): "life is as the flash of the firefly in the night, the breath of
the buffalo in winter..."
aphorism...can you perhaps comment on what your Wife's people's conception of
Time is - is there some sort of definition that may be particular?
Best, Allan
but I am sure we will;
that is when we will hit rock bottom and money will dissipate....
then we will shine as whole....
event - soccer. Oh well, at least he's running about away from screens. But the
beautifully written artilce makes me want to take off for that island and raise
goats and apples.


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Request for HVAC Proposal(s)
Emery County School District is now accepting proposals to install
approx. 22 RTU's and electronic controls at each junior high school in
Emery County, Utah.
A Mandatory Walk-Through will be held on Tuesday March 26, 2013
starting at Canyon View Jr. High School at 9 a.m. Must Field Verify
All Measurements and Specifications.
Bid Opening will be Wednesday, April 3 at 9 a.m. at the District
Office at 120 North Main in Huntington. Proposals must be received on
or before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2, 2013.
Documentation shall be provided prior to the execution of the
Agreement that Contractor(s) is/are registered and participates in the
E Verify Program. Proposals may be mailed or faxed to Kerry Lake,
Building Construction Supervisor. Contractors must submit a Bid Bond
in the amount of five percent (5%) of the bid amount, made payable to
the Emery School District. A Bid Bond must accompany each bid. The
Emery School District reserves the right to reject any or all
submittals/bids or to waive any informality or technicality in any
submittal/bid in the interest of the School District. Owner reserves
the right to accept or reject the lowest responsible
Questions and Bid Proposals may be directed to:
Kerry Lake, Building Construction Supervisor
Emery County School District
Phone: (435) 381-5280
Cell: (435) 749-2555
Emery School District reserves the right to reject any or all
proposals and to waive any informality or irregularity in any proposal
received. Owner reserves the right to accept or reject the lowest
responsible proposal.
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Home Depot is teaming up with MakerBot to push additive manufacturing technology further into the mainstream. Yesterday, the pair announced a partnership to sell MakerBot's Replicator line of 3D printers in 12 Home Depot stores in California, Illinois, and New York. Now available, the printers are demonstrated and sold by trained MakerBot retail staff at dedicated kiosks (shown). Though the home-improvement retailer—the world's largest, with $78.8 billion in revenues in 2013—began offering MakerBots online earlier this year, this is its first attempt at brick-and-mortar sales. The program is a pilot for both companies to determine how the still-nascent technology holds up in consumer retail.
"Mom, dad, contractors, interior designers—we're looking forward to blowing their minds and making them MakerBot lovers," MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis told Bloomberg. Whether they'll bite and begin to use the equipment to produce the parts they'd otherwise purchase at Home Depot is yet to be determined, Pettis said. Still, it's unlikely any gains from new sales of 3D printers and materials will take share from the company's conventional repair-and-replacement business. Consumer printers' small printer beds, limited extrusion materials, and learning curve to use are all factors affecting their uptake. A coordinated effort between the two companies to bring the technology to consumers, however, is one way to test its long-term market potential.


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Dear Real Estate Adviser,
Can I take money from my standard individual retirement account, or IRA, as a first-time homebuyer and not owe taxes on the distribution?
-- A. FreemanDear A.,While you can withdraw up to $10,000 from a traditional IRA or simplified employee pension, or SEP, IRA to fund a down payment for a first-time home purchase without paying the standard 10 percent early withdrawal penalty, you will still have to pay income tax on the distribution itself.
Dear Real Estate Adviser,
Can I take money from my standard individual retirement account, or IRA, as a first-time homebuyer and not owe taxes on the distribution?
-- A. Freeman
Dear A.,While you can withdraw up to $10,000 from a traditional IRA or simplified employee pension, or SEP, IRA to fund a down payment for a first-time home purchase without paying the standard 10 percent early withdrawal penalty, you will still have to pay income tax on the distribution itself.
However, in a Roth IRA, a person can withdraw contributions (but not returns) at any point without penalty, either for first-time homebuying expenses or other expenditures. Here, we'll proceed based on a withdrawal scenario involving a traditional IRA, since that appears to be what you have.
There are some qualifiers to contend with in getting that no-penalty tax treatment in your withdrawal from a traditional IRA. You must be younger than 59 1/2 years old, have not owned a house for at least two years and be withdrawing no more than $10,000, which is your lifetime limit. In other words, you won't be able to raid your IRA for homebuying bucks again after you hit that threshold.
There are some other requirements to consider as well. The home you're buying must be used for your principal residence, plus you'll have just 120 days after withdrawing the IRA money to buy your house. Though that seems like plenty of buffer, make sure you time your IRA withdrawal just before your funding is due. A lot of "done" deals, particularly in purchases of short-sale homes, have been falling apart in this market or dragging along interminably.
By the way, you can also withdraw IRA money for a child or spouse who wants to buy a primary residence as a first-time homebuyer, using the same guidelines. It's worth noting that if you're able to pay back part or all of the IRA money within 60 days of removing them, a strategy called a "rollover," then that portion would not be considered a distribution and won't be taxed.
There is some potential downside to tapping into an IRA other than just the tax implications. The withdrawal obviously means that the chunk of IRA money you're using can no longer be invested, plus the distribution of that money just might bump you into a higher tax bracket when it's combined with other earned income. On the plus side, the $10,000 (or less) might contribute enough to your down payment to keep you from having to pay the dreaded private mortgage insurance, or PMI, payments over the course of your loan.
How you proceed will depend on your individual circumstances. Hence, I suggest you use a CPA or tax accountant when you're tinkering with your IRA to make sure you're proceeding prudently.
Good luck in your first-time home purchase!
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With our current predicament of job uncertainty for both my husband and I, spending as little money as possible this summer has become even more important. This is the first summer since my little boys were small that we have all been home, too. That means more expenses than usual – food, excursions, utilities, etc. Here are the tips I have discovered so far for doing summer on the cheap:
Ahead of time:
∞ Prepare for summer the summer before. Buy towels, hats, etc. at the end of the season so you have them for the coming year. When all the kids are in camp, we needed a lot of swimsuits and towels to avoid doing laundry every day! It helped to shop ahead.
∞ Get some of your essentials at the dollar store. Sunglasses and water bottles are best to get at the dollar store because my boys lose them often. I don't have to feel bad when this happens if I have only paid a $1! See my post on "Are "dollar stores" really a good deal?"
∞ Watch throughout the spring and summer for sales on swimwear. Last year I got rash guards and swim trunks for a great price at the end of the season for my boys for this year. They actually still fit into their size from last year, but I am ready when they need a size up! Good online stores to check include The Children's Place, Land's End, and L.L. Bean.
∞ Stock up on sunscreen before summer is here. Last year with all four of my boys in camp every day, we went through a ton of sunscreen. On top of that they broke out from many brands, even Aveeno, which you would expect not to be a problem. They have excema, which can make their skin break out more than usual. Luckily I found out about The Honest Company. I love their products! Their sunscreen is a great consistency, has no bad or perfume smell, and my boys don't break out or scream in pain from it.
You can try a free sample pack (you pay only shipping). Then you can sign up to receive a bundle every month. The Essentials bundle includes five of their products. (They also have a Diaper & Wipes bundle and Health & Wellness bundle, too, with other choices of products.) I can't afford to order a bundle every month, but get them a few times a year. You can choose how often you want them delivered. Every time I order, I get a sunscreen, so I am ready for summer!
∞ Be on the watch for great deals on memberships to local attractions. These deals usually don't occur during the summer. For the St. Louis Science Center's 50th anniversary of their planetarium, they had a sale on memberships – $50 off! It has been our best purchase ever! See my post "Become a member!"
Early summer or (late spring):
∞ Plan ahead for where you would like to go. The first week of summer that I was home, we had no official plans or schedule. We were making it up on the fly. This really made the days long and me stressed! Putting together my Summer Bucket List really helped because now I have done the research ahead of time and can either choose activities for the whole week or the night before. See my post "Summer Bucket List (aka Camp Mommy)."
∞ Take advantage of the many free or cheap excursions in town. These include:
- local parks
- library events
- free or cheap movies (see my post "Summer 2013 Dollar (or Free) Movies")
- local fairs (especially around the 4th of July)
- free bowling (see my post "Free bowling and skating – Summer 2013").
∞ Watch for sales on crocs and sandals! We were fortunate to get new crocs (fake brand) a few weeks ago at "Five Below," of all places!
∞ Pack food wherever you go. Even if you won't be there for long, pack at least a snack and water. This helps with cranky kids and avoiding high cost emergency food purchases.
∞ Take advantage of your local library. We have been going to their great events all summer and check out books and movies each week while we are there. It is so nice to have the time to do this and with the summer reading programs, we all earn prizes for reading! We are enrolled in the county's program and the local Jewish library's. I have not updated my Summer Reading programs post, but see last year's here.
∞ Look out for ice cream coupons. We have found ice cream coupons in our coupon mailer that comes in our mailbox every week. Check local calendars, too. Here in St. Louis, we have a calendar called the Town Planner. It is mailed to families every year and has coupons tailored for your area. They also have coupons on their website. Another source for ice cream coupons is your local Valpak. These come in the mail in some areas and they also have a website, too. You might not always find coupons for the location you want, but sometimes the drive can be worth the savings! You might also earn ice cream coupons from your Summer Reading programs.
∞ Forget about your thermostat timer. Keep your thermostat set as if you are not home and then adjust as you feel it is too hot in the house! See my post "Saving money and energy on Shabbos."
∞ Use your birthday freebies. If your birthday falls in the summer, or if your kids' do, be sure to sign up for those birthday freebies! See my posts:
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Peter and I walked 7.5 kilometers on Monday and 15 kilometers on Tuesday (14 miles total). On Wednesday I ran twice, an 11.5-mile morning run in which I was vaguely lost the entire time, and a 5.5-mile recovery run with Beat in the afternoon, for a total of 17 miles. On Thursday we ran 7.5 miles, and I did 20 today on the Hermannsweg Trail. The "H" Trail was actually a lot of fun, all along a narrow ridge with tough climbs, rocky descents and fantastic valley views. The whole route is 156 km — might be fun to come back and run the entire thing someday.
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I hope to get to Germany someday (among all the OTHER places I long to visit). It's wonderful that you are seeing these places! One thing that has been constant in all my travels: "there's no place like home".ReplyDelete
On the biking scene, I went for the MOST AMAZING road ride the other day (I'm still up in Sunnyvale working): Tunista Creek Rd. Ever hear of it? I made a 39 mile loop right out of Woodside...and that final climb up Tunista Ck...well, my meager words don't adequately describe it. But it is HANDS DOWN the single-most majestic and spectacular piece of road I've ever ridden! I had to keep stopping on the climb (not my usual thing) just to fully absorb the awesomeness of the place. I can't believe I've been coming up here for years to work (bringing both rd and mt bikes) and NEVER ridden this! It is my new favorite! You should give it a go when you get back! I'll prob be riding laps on it in the coming days.
Enjoy the rest of your trip! It's certainly been an amazing 'ride', thanks for taking us along!
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Ita. Been a long time since I paid a visit to your internet blogs (moved to Spain etc). I stumbled upon your book and got it downloaded on friday, im half way through it and really enjoying it. Well done ! See you are on the old continent, if You pass through Madrid yell. Luis. Portugal.ReplyDelete
Love your post! I live right by these trails in Bielefeld, and they're great on days with nice weather. My husband and I have also noted that Germany does look a bit like Ohio :)ReplyDelete


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HUNTINGTON-Courtney Wane Justice, age 19, passed away July 10, 2009, in Price, Utah. He was born Dec. 28, 1989 in Price, Utah to Wane and Rolene Olsen Justice.
Court loved being with family and friends. He was so excited to start his new life with Brittney and Braxton. He loved to hunt and stay on the mountain. He also had a love for knifes and swords.
He is survived by his parents, Wane and Rolene Justice; sisters Melissa and Tifani; brother, Josh all of Huntington; grandparents: Royce and Lorene Olsen of Orangeville, and Orson and Karren Justice of Huntington.
Funeral services will be held Monday, July 13, 2009, at 11 a.m., at the Huntington LDS First Ward Chapel, 115 South 400 East, Huntington, Utah. A viewing will be held Sunday, from 6-7 p.m., at the Huntington LDS First Ward and Monday, from 9:30-10:30 a.m., at the chapel, prior to services. Interment will be in the Huntington City Cemetery. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Send condolences to the family at www.fausettmortuary.com.


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Ok, so Monet is supposedly dead and that Lizard DF was left back on punk hazard. Do you guys think that we could possibly see these DF again at some point?
Who do you think told Kuma to save the crew?
^He probably did it on his own. He was a "tyrant" once before he joined R.A. Obviously something happened that involved Dragon. He probably owned him a lot so in return Kuma saved the Luffy and the strawhats to return the favor. I bet the R.A. has great intel about the SH as Kuma knew where to throw each and every one specifically that would help them become stronger.
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Does it bother anyone that the movies Z and Strong World are not Canon?
I just watched Film Z and then skipped through Strong World and while I can see how the timelines would clash, it sucks that they never happened - Neither movie showed Luffy to be stronger then he is, while they are well thought out, I particularly thought it ended well (well, after the fight, I think he changed his mindset a little too quickly), but what happens just before the credits I thought was pretty cool
Do you think we'll get to see Sogeking again?
Yes a little duck tape and the king is backDo you think we'll get to see Sogeking again?
Three kings; pirate king, a soul king and sogeking. Wonder if theyll get conquers haki as well
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Now that Charlie Sheen is free to marry, how long will his marriage last?
However long it takes one of them to kill the other.ReplyCancel
67 days.Used random number generator programme to calculate this.ReplyCancel
As long as his high lasts.ReplyCancel
As predictable as CharlieReplyCancel
who cares.ReplyCancel
3 People magazine photo shoots after the porn whore births Tiger Blood progeny. Then when he goes out for coke and whores and expects her to stay home and be a mom, shit will hit fan.ReplyCancel
Until his wife can make his death look like an accident.ReplyCancel
I hope Enty saw the RiRi titty pics, so I can post them in off topic today. I was figuring there would be a RiRi Blind or Reveal I could post em in, but nothing so far 🙁ReplyCancel
I'm more interested in *how* it will end. Murder? Divorce? OD? Divorce Murder-Suicide? Will there be a circus tent involved? Firearms?
Exes with hammers? What's the over-under?
Here is what I see happening – they get married and then purchase some rare tigers for each other as wedding gifts. Then they get high. Then they get REALLY high. Then the tiger posts a bunch of #winning selfies to instagram, and the world goes on.
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May I make a suggestion/request? I the future, could we refer to him as Chuckles?
Everytime I see someone referencing him in a Blind, I get a little gun shy. Comments like "Charlie is such an asshole" or "I wish that douchebag Charlie would hurry up and die already." always make me initially think… HEY, what did I ever do to you?
Therefore Chuckles would be a great way to differentiate between the two of us. My fragile psyche thanks you.ReplyCancel
Warecat, let's tear this joint apart!ReplyCancel
I think this one is gonna lastReplyCancel
Can I call him Carlos tho?ReplyCancel
Carlos is a rock solid choice as well. There isn't even a hint of Hispanic heritage in my pasty, white body.ReplyCancel
I say til at least 4th of July weekend!ReplyCancel
Oh, you naysayers all break my li'l heart! Doesn't anyone believe in love anymore???
How long was KimK's marriage? 🙂ReplyCancel
Thanks for asking! My first marriage lasted 4 years. I filed for divorce from Kris Humphries after 72 days, but the divorce wasn't finalized until 1 year and 7 months after I filed, so technically we were married about 2 years. But my marriage to Kanye will be 'til death do us part!ReplyCancel
LOL Damn, but I missed the K-Trolls! 🙂ReplyCancel
You assume they actually are going to get married. That's not a safe assumption.ReplyCancel