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(((This was originally posted to my old blog on January 28th 2007. However my host Blogthing went down almost immediately thereafter, so as far as I know almost nobody saw it. I'm now reposting it in response to the recent House of Lords report on e-crime. Bruce Schneier has commented approvingly on the report, including its recommendations for liability for security defects in software. So I think that now is a good time to repost this, including to Reddit.)))
Bruce Schneier has written that the way to improve the current lamentable state of computer security is to impose mandatory liability on vendors for security breaches. I disagree: I think that this would have little positive impact on security, but a lot of negative impacts on the software industry generally, including higher prices, increased barriers to entry, and general reduced competition.
This is a bit worrying: Schneier is a remarkably clever guy who understands software, security and (at least a bit of) economics. His understanding may well exceed mine in all three areas . I'm used to nodding in agreement whenever I read his words, so to find myself shaking my head was a strange experience. Hence this blog post: whether I turn out to be right or wrong, I will at least have scratched the itch.
So, to the argument:
On the face of it, Schneier's argument is impecable economics. Security is an "externality", meaning that all of us pay the price for bad security, but only the software vendor pays the price for good security. In theory we should demand secure software and pay higher prices to get it, but in practice most people cannot accurately evaluate the security of a software system or make an intelligent trade-off about it. So system vendors (including, but not limited to, Microsoft) find it is more cost effective to trumpet their wonderful security systems while actually doing as little as possible. Security is more of a PR issue than a technical issue.
So the Economists Solution is to push the costs of bad security back on to the vendor, where they rightfully belong. Therefore you and I should be able to sue someone who sells us software with security defects. That way if we suffer from virus infections, spambots or phishing because some software somewhere was defective, we should be able to sue the manufacturer, just as I could sue a car manufacturer if I am hurt in a crash due to defective brakes.
So far, so fine. But now imagine you are a small software company, such as the one run by Joel Spolsky. You sell a product, and you are making a reasonable living. Then one day a process server hands you a writ alledging that a cracker or crackers unknown found a defect in your software, and used it to cause series of security breaches for many of your customers, followed by downtime, loss of business, theft from bank accounts, and a total of a million dollars of damages. It could easily put you out of business. Even if the claim is slim and the damages inflated, you could still have a big legal bill.
Obviously this is not useful: the point is to encourage the vendors to do better, and while hanging the worst one occasionally may encourage the others, doing so by a lottery won't.
Part of the problem is that the economic logic calls for unlimited liability. So it doesn't matter whether you sold the software for $5 or $5,000, you are still on the hook for all damages due to security defects. Of course the law could move to a limited liability model, capping it at, say, the price of the software, but that is still too big for most companies to pay out. Even if it was 10% of the price of the software, Microsoft is probably the only company with a big enough cash pile to survive an incident that hit 50% of its users. But 10% of the price of a piece of software is going to be only a very tiny fraction of the real cost of a security incident. It looks a lot more like a fine than real liability.
So if you are a software vendor then how do you protect yourself from such an incident? Of course you can tighten up your act, which is the whole point. But no amount of checking and careful architecture is going to protect you from the occasional defect that blows everything wide open.
You could buy insurance. Lots of professions have to carry liability insurance: its just a cost of doing business. Insurers will want to see you take proper steps to avoid claims, but will then cover you for the ones that do happen. Or, more or less equivalently, there could be a "safe harbour" clause in the liability law. If you can show that you have taken all proper steps to ensure the security of your system then its just bad luck for the customer and you are not liable.
The trouble with both of these solutions is that we do not have any way of deciding what the "proper steps" to either maintain your insurance cover or stay in the safe harbour are. There are lots of good practices which are generally thought to improve security, but they actually depend more on motivated people than anything else. From the developers point of view, the need to develop secure software is replaced by the need to reach the safe harbour. If the approved practices say you do X then you do it, and ensure that a written record exists to prove that you did it. Whether doing X actually improves the security of your product is irrelevant.
I've seen this effect personally. For a while I worked in an industry where software defects *do* give rise to unlimited liability, and where the government inspectors check that you are following the approved process. The industry was medical devices, and the government department was the FDA. The entire focus was on the paper trail, and I mean paper: signed and dated pieces of paper were all that counted unless you could prove that your CM system was secure according to yet another complicated and onerous set of rules (which we couldn't). Worse yet, the inspectors wanted to see that you worked from the same records they were auditing, so you couldn't even keep the training records on a database to find out who still needed what training: it was the signature sheet or nothing. In theory we weren't even allowed to do software development on a computer, although in practice the inspectors merely noted that we were not in compliance on that point.
The impact of these rules on everyday work was huge and often counterproductive. For instance, it might have been a good idea to run lint or a similar tool on our C code. But this could never become part of the official process because if it was then the inspectors would ask to see the output (i.e. the dated, signed printout from a particular run), annotated with the written results of the review of each warning showing how it had either been resolved or why it could be ignored. Even if this could have been done on the computer, the overhead would have been huge. So it was cheaper not to put lint in the official process, and the resulting loss in real quality didn't cost us anything.
(Actually individual programmers did compile with gcc -Wall at least some of the time, which is the modern equivalent. But because this wasn't part of the official process I don't know how many did so, and there was certainly no independent review of their decisions to fix or ignore warnings).
And despite our best efforts it was simply impossible to comply with 100% of the rules 100% of the time. The FDA knows this of course, so its inspectors just hang someone from time to time to encourage the others. Most of the QA people in the industry are ex-FDA people, so they know how the system works.
(Side note: in 1997 the FDA justified their regulation of medical device design on the grounds that over 50% of device recalls were due to design defects. I never saw any figures for the design defect recall rate *after* they imposed these regulations).
In short, I believe that any attempt to impose quality on software by inspection and rule books is doomed to failure. This approach works in manufacturing and civil engineering because there a good safe product *is* the result of following the rules. But software engineering is nowhere near that mature, and may never be because software is always invented rather than manufactured: as soon as we reduce the production of some category of software to a set of rules that guarantees a good result we automate it and those rules become redundant.
So, back to security. Much as I dislike the current state of computer security, I don't see liability or regulation as answers. I've seen regulation, and I don't think liability would look any different because it always comes down to somebody outside the company trying to impose good practice by writing a rule book for software development that the company must follow (and prove it has followed) on pain of bankruptcy.
It might be argued that an insurance market would seek the least onerous and most effective rulebook. I disagree. All forms of insurance have the fundamental problems of "moral hazard" and "asymmetrical information", both of which come down to the fact that the development company knows a lot more about its risk than the insurer. From the outside it is very difficult to tell exactly what a software company is doing and how well it is doing it. As long as security improvement requires time and thought I cannot see any effective way to tell whether the right amount of thought has been dedicated to the subject.
At the top I said that enforcing liability would increase costs and barriers to entry, and thereby reduce competition.
Obviously risk brings cost, either in the money that has to be set aside to cover it or to pay insurance. The extra work required to preserve evidence of good practice will also increase costs. Finally, these costs will fall hardest on the start-up companies:
- They are always short of money anyway
- Setting up the process requires up-front work, and having your process inspected by possible insurers to get a quote is going to be expensive too
- Maintaining the evidentiary chains is particularly hard when you are trying to modify your product in response to early feedback
- Insurers will prefer companies with an established track record of good practice and secure software, so start-ups will have to pay higher prices
Put all of these together, and it really does add to the costs for small companies.
But suppose despite all the obstacles listed above we have our software, and its more secure. Not totally secure, of course, because there ain't no such thing. Lets say its a web framework, along the lines of Rails or Twisted. It gets incorporated into a banking system, along with a web server, a database, an open source token-based security system and a set of front-end web pages written by a bunch of contractors being bossed about by some project manager employed by the bank. And despite everyone's best efforts, next month a few thousand people have their accounts cleaned out. It seems they fell for a targetted trojan that performed a man-in-the-middle attack and then used a defect in the web pages to inject SQL commands that, due to another defect in the database, were able to disable the bank's monitoring of suspicious transactions. Lawyers representing the customers, the bank, all the contractors various liability insurance companies, the database vendor and the web framework vendor are suing or threatening to sue. Industry observers think it will be a good year or two before some kind of settlement is arrived at. And what about the open source developers of the security system? It seems that the ones in the UK will be fine, but the ones in the US have already received writs. The law says that developers are only liable if they received payment for the development, so they thought they were safe. But their project web server was partly funded by a donation from the bank, and according to the database vendor's lawyers that is enough to establish liability.


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|Playing around with templates, colors and fonts
Image courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net ID-10064305
It is pretty embarrassing to realize that I have not spent any time at my blog in the past eleven months. Where have I been and what have I been doing?
- I spend time co-moderating the Legacy Virtual Users' Group Community on Google+. I find that I enjoy the give and take at the Community and the immediacy of comments among the members. The monthly hangouts on Google+ are also a great way to interact with other genealogists and discuss our software database program.
- I have been pretty involved with the Guild of One-Name Studies both as the registered researcher of the Keough surname and as the regional representative for the USA West region members.
- I decided to follow through on some research that I started in 2009 and registered my one-place study for Plate Cove East, Newfoundland with the recently formed Society for One-Place Studies. I also serve as the newsletter editor for the Society.
Hmmm, when I came back to my blog after working on projects like newsletters, brochures, posters, journal articles, blog posts, and video presentations for the for those groups, I noticed how stale my own blog was. Perhaps I had not spent time blogging because I no longer liked the look of my blog or felt that it was a good use of my limited time to spend on research. It was clearly time to make a few decisions about this blog. Did I want to continue with my personal family history blog and, if so, what would I need to do to freshen things up and commit to a regular schedule of blogging?
After giving the entire personal blogging situation some serious thought, I made a few decisions:
- I want and need to blog about my family's history and my personal genealogy research. I am the keeper of the facts and stories about my family. The only way I am going to get the word out and find those cousins is with my Keough Corner blog. The best connections I have made to date have come from my blog so why am I not taking advantage of this free and robust megaphone that is my blog (I feel a Gibbs slap coming at me!).
- I need to spend the time going through my template, layout and pages and simplify the look of my blog, focus on the areas that interest me and that I can make a contribution, and commit to writing at least once a week. When I have several deadlines, somehow I get things done. When I don't give myself deadlines, eleven months goes by without a blog post - unacceptable!
- This is not brain surgery - just write (and spell-check and edit).
- Pick something easy to help me get back into the swing of things - starting next week I will post a birthdays and anniversaries calendar on a weekly basis and follow that up with a little bit of the story of those family members.

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Big banks must innovate and not simply rely on higher leverage and risk to increase returns, said former Bank of America Wealth Management President Sallie Krawcheck. If they don't, she expects that shareholders will be the ultimate losers.
"What you saw this quarter as you look at these banks is there's some group of them that are earning single-digit ROEs (Return on Equity) and they are destroying shareholder value every day they go to work," she said on "Squawk on the Street" Wednesday. "They really need to figure out how to get those returns up consistently."
Krawcheck says that there are two big questions for banks right now: First, can they grow through a cycle? And second, can they earn their cost of capital back?
She said that in recent years, the "go-to" strategy has been cost cutting. "That's a very difficult way to become great. What company every cut its way to greatness?" she asked. "What they have to do is recognize the changed environment."
(Related: Reading Through Bank Earnings Tea Leaves)
Krawcheck said that there were some positives in this past quarter, including individual investors coming back in the market, but the low rate environment posed challenges. "If you take this quarter as a pretty representative quarter, how do you grow in this environment? You've cut costs so far, but can you innovate?"
She added that what everyone previously thought was growth was actually just "increased risk, wrapped in complexity, riding volatility."
"This quarter, we really had the ability to catch our breath. There are no excuses anymore," she said. "How do you earn that cost of capital in a pretty good environment? The answer is: It is not increasing leverage."
(Related: Still Waiting for Fed's Emergency Lending Plan)
She said that banks need to go back to business school 101. "You're allowed to earn a lower ROE when your volatility comes down. All things being equal, volatility comes down, ROEs can come down too. You don't just have to increase your leverage," she said. "Increasing leverage and therefore increasing ROE is a false increase in ROE."
"The real question is can they regain their customer and clients' trust, can they do more for them, better for them and grow the business the real old-fashioned way, as opposed to just increasing risk either through leverage or risky products," she said.
Right now, she said, much of the innovation in the financial space is coming from smaller institutions and start-ups—Krawcheck currently consults for some of them. Without the bureaucracy, regulatory scrutiny and entrenched processes, they are "taking what was the little crumbs that fall off the table, but now are pieces of bread and sometimes a hunk of meat as well."


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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
2006 Media Releases
Support America Recycles Day, November 15
Mayor Coleen J. Seng today announced local efforts to promote recycling as part of America Recycles Day, Wednesday, November 15. This annual nationwide event encourages individuals, schools and businesses to recycle and buy recycled products.
ōAmerica Recycles Day is an opportunity to remind residents that we can make a difference and help the environment every day by recycling,ö said Mayor Seng. ōWe are asking individuals to pledge to start recycling or to improve their recycling habits. By doing the right thing, we conserve resources and save valuable landfill space.ö
From November 1 through November 20, area retailers and recyclers will provide cards and collection boxes for residents to make their pledges. Participating locations are:
Pledge cards will be entered into local and national drawings. In the national contest, the adult prize is an Alaskan cruise, and the youth prize is a 24-speed bicycle. This year, a grand prize is being offered locally. Schrock Innovations is donating one of its holiday special computer systems valued at $1,499. Other local youth prizes are a portable CD player (courtesy of Midland Recycling); $100 WalMart gift card; and one year of curbside recycling (courtesy of Star City Recycling). Other local adult prizes are a $100 RussÆs Market gift card; one year of curbside recycling (courtesy of Recycling Enterprises); and Nebraska Lottery scratch tickets.
On Wednesday, November 15, residents will have the opportunity to visit the Mobile Environmental Education Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pershing Center, 226 Centennial Mall South. Pledge cards will be available and free hot dogs and other refreshments will be served.
Also on November 15, the City will distribute a waste reduction and recycling guide in the Lincoln Journal Star. The guide will include information on how residents can help the environment by practicing the three RÆs: reduce, reuse and recycle. Funding for the guide and theh event at the Pershing Center are being provided by a grant from the Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Fund of the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ).
Local sponsors of America Recycles Day are the City of Lincoln, Lincoln Public Schools, WasteCap Nebraska, Midland Recycling and the NDEQ.


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Dog DNA proves Coast council wrong
Melinda Marshall | July 15th, 2010
Rangi Nikau and her children Deaze and Shylah Waikai await the return their dogs Whero and Mau which were seized by the Gold Coast City Council when it was thought they were pit bulls Picture: MICHAEL ROSS
A PUSH is on to use DNA testing to identify dangerous dog breeds after testing found two Gold Coast dogs on death row were not a restricted breed.
A Coomera family has been torn apart after the Gold Coast City Council identified their dogs as outlawed American pit bulls.
Rangi Nikau and her children were supposed to join husband and father Mete Waikai in Melbourne last month after the construction worker moved there to find work.
But they have stayed on the Coast while they wait to find out if their dogs, Whero and Mau, would be destroyed.
The council seized the dogs on May 19 and ordered them to be destroyed.
The family appealed against the decision and last week lodged DNA tests conducted by a private company to support their case.
The $299 tests by the Melbourne lab revealed that Whero was a golden retriever/Boston terrier cross and Mau was a Staffordshire bull terrier/boxer cross, which are both legal crossbreeds.
Ms Nikau said the council should have to conduct DNA tests before seizing a dog, rather than relying on the 22-point visual marker test used to identify pit bulls.
"I felt deceived that they could just look at a dog and say that's an American pit bull without having any evidentiary support or documentation," she said.
She said the dogs were seized after neighbours rang the council when Mau got loose, but she said neither dog had ever attacked anyone.
Her children, Shylah, 9, and Deaze, 5, should have been starting the second semester of the school year in Melbourne, but instead have returned to their Gold Coast school.
"My two kids are asking me, 'Mum where are the dogs?' And I tell them they've just gone on a holiday," she said.
She said it was depressing to see the dogs locked up at the Coombabah pound, where she has visited them almost daily.
"I don't know if the council realise that dogs aren't dogs to us, they're more our family," she said.
A council spokesman confirmed the DNA tests had been received and the case would be processed within a fortnight.
The council's animal management boss Bob La Castra backed DNA testing in principle.
"I think there's a strong argument for us doing DNA tests because that's the only way to be 100 per cent sure," he said.
"Unless there's a reason why we shouldn't, then that should be looked at very seriously."
He said there could be a case for compensation.
"If we find that the DNA testing shows that these dogs are not a banned breed, then I certainly think that council needs to look very, very closely at any cost that's been incurred by the owners," he said.
"The other side of the coin is we've got a duty and we could be seen as being negligent if we don't act on what our officers are trained to identify (by seizing the dogs)."


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Clinical Support Services (CSS) Disciplinary Policy
|Clinical Support Services (CSS) Disciplinary Policy
|Health Affairs
|Clinical Services
|Board of Trustees as delegated to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
First Issued: December 2006; revised July 22, 2010, to be effective August 1,2010
Director for Employment and Clinical Support Services, Department of Human Resources (telephone: 252-328-9847)
|Related Policies
|Additional References
Clinical Support Services (CSS) Work Rules -- Guide for Disciplinary Action
1. Purpose
To provide written guidelines covering some of the more serious or specific problems regarding Clinical Support Services ("CSS") employee activities, practices, or conduct which could lead to disciplinary action.
2. Policy
CSS work rules are provided as minimum guidelines for CSS employee conduct and work performance, but are not all-inclusive (Refer to Section 7, below, for CSS Work Rules). This list may be supplemented by additional regulations where employees are subject to professional and/or state regulation or licensure.
At the time of hire, all new CSS employees are required to read and acknowledge by signature that they have received a copy of the CSS Disciplinary Policy and CSS Work Rules. Any questions regarding interpretation or application of the CSS Disciplinary Policy and CSS Work Rules should be referred to the Employee Relations Specialist assigned to the Health Sciences Division.
Depending upon a review of circumstances, the violation of a work rule may result in disciplinary action. Disciplinary steps provided for each work rule are suggested as guidelines for reasonable, consistent action. Consideration will be given to the seriousness of the offense, whether the employee has committed previous violations of this and/or other work rules, whether the employee self-reported the violation and/or cooperated in the investigation, the employee's overall work record, and other mitigating or extenuating circumstances. Progressive disciplinary action may be taken based on continued infractions of the same work rule, or the same disciplinary track may be continued based on infractions of other related work rules.
3. Procedure
There are four categories upon which disciplinary action may be taken:
Unacceptable Customer Service:
Employee fails to meet expectations for acceptable customer service standards as outlined by the ECU Core Work Values.
Unsatisfactory Job Performance:
Work-related performance that fails to satisfactorily meet job requirements as set out in the relevant job description, work plan, or as reasonably directed by the management of the work unit or agency.
Unacceptable Personal Conduct:
• conduct for which no reasonable person should expect to receive prior warning; or
• job-related conduct which constitutes a violation of State or federal law; or
• conviction of a felony or an offense involving moral turpitude that is detrimental to or impacts the employee's service to the State; or
• the willful violation of known or written work rules, including insubordination; or
• conduct unbecoming a State employee that is detrimental to State service; or
• the abuse of animals owned by the State, client(s), patient(s), student(s), or person(s) over whom the employee has charge or to whom the employee has a responsibility; or absence from work after all authorized leave has been exhausted; or
• negative leave balances causing payroll adjustments; or
• falsification of an employment application or other University records.
Unacceptable personal conduct also pertains to all University-affiliated resources managed or owned by an external entity (e.g., University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina or Pitt County Memorial Hospital). If a University employee's responsibilities require the routine use of resources (e.g., computer applications, equipment, facilities) of an external entity, and the employee's ability or approval to use the resource(s) is (are) terminated by the external entity due to the action of the employee, the employee will be subject to this Disciplinary Policy's processes up to and including dismissal.
Gross Inefficiency:
Failure to satisfactorily perform job requirements as set out in the job description, work plan, or as directed by the management of the work unit; and, the act or failure to act causes or results in:
• death or serious bodily injury or creates conditions that increase the chance of death or serious bodily injury to an employee or a member of the public, or to a person for whom the employee has responsibility; or
• failure to obtain or maintain legally required certificates, licenses, bonds of other credentials; or
• the loss of or damage to state property or funds that results in a serious adverse impact on the State and/or work unit.
Some work rule violations may fall under one or more of the categories of unacceptable customer service, unsatisfactory job performance, unacceptable personal conduct, and/or gross inefficiency. No disciplinary action shall be invalid solely because the disciplinary action is categorized incorrectly.
Disciplinary action should be taken as soon as possible after a work rule violation or unacceptable behavior. When the work rule violation is minor, the employee's supervisor may elect to counsel the employee for the first offense rather than initiating discipline, although it may be appropriate to document the counseling session for future reference.
Each of the disciplinary actions listed below should be applied in accordance with actions recommended in the CSS Work Rules. Those actions are:
1. Oral Warning
2. Written Warning
3. Suspension Without Pay: A suspension without pay may be issued when it is determined that the incident warrants action more severe than a warning but less severe than a demotion or dismissal. Before a suspension without pay may be issued for any CSS employee, the Employee Relations Specialist for the Health Sciences Division ("Employee Relations Specialist") must be consulted and the Employee Relations Specialist must schedule a pre-disciplinary conference with the employee.
4. Demotion or Dismissal: An employee may be dismissed from employment after other disciplinary measures have failed and/or when an incident warrants it. An employee may be dismissed at any time without regard for any progressive steps if he/she commits an offense for which immediate dismissal is specified and/or warranted. Before a demotion or dismissal of any CSS employee, the Employee Relations Specialist must be consulted and the Employee Relations Specialist must schedule a pre-disciplinary conference with the employee.
At each step in this sequence, the supervisor should:
1. Meet with the employee, and explain the error or work rule violation to the employee.
2. Employee should be given adequate opportunity to provide comments/details regarding the situation.
3. If no further action is necessary, thank employee for meeting and clarifying the situation.
4. Should further investigation be needed, tell employee this will occur and schedule follow up meeting.
5. If determined corrective action is warranted:
a. Explain to employee that corrective action is warranted.
b. Tell the employee what is expected of him/her.
c. Indicate that it is the employee's responsibility to correct the behavior or improve performance.
d. Tell the employee specifically what he/she can expect in the event of future similar work rule violations.
e. Set a follow-up date to review behavior/performance, if appropriate.
f. Summarize the interview on the Corrective Action Report. An Employee Relations Specialist must review each Corrective Action Report before it is issued to the employee to ensure compliance with University policy. Obtain the employee's signature on the Report (if the employee refuses to sign, his/her refusal should be documented on the Report). Provide the employee with a copy of the Report and advise the employee that a copy of the Report will be placed in his/her personnel file.
If it is determined that suspension without pay, demotion, or dismissal is the appropriate course of action, the supervisor must consult with the Employee Relations Specialist and, at a predisciplinary conference with the employee, review the facts leading to suspension without pay, demotion, or dismissal. The employee must be told clearly why he/she has been suspended without pay, demoted or dismissed, and advised of the appeals process. A formal disciplinary letter and a copy of the appeals process will be issued to the employee and placed in the employee's personnel file.
4. Disciplinary Appeals
Probationary and temporary employees may be terminated without cause or advance warning and do not have grievance rights under this policy. The progressive disciplinary process does not have to be applied to probationary employees.
Oral/written warnings and/or placement on investigatory leave with pay are not grievable. Disciplinary actions for CSS employees are not grievable to the State Personnel Commission. However, depending on what is being alleged, they may have rights under State and Federal EEO and FLSA as well as State and Federal criminal and/or civil statutes. CSS employees who achieved career State employee status on/by October 31 1998, shall be subject to the rules regarding discipline or discharge that were effective on October 31, 1998, and shall not be subject to the rules regarding discipline or discharge adopted after October 31, 1998.
Permanent CSS employees, having successfully completed the probationary period, may submit disciplinary appeals on the basis of the following:
• Dismissal, demotion, or suspension without pay without just cause
Step 1: Department Head/Medical Director. An employee may submit a written appeal to the department head or Medical Director within ten (10) workdays of receiving written notification of disciplinary action, along with a copy to the Director of Employee Relations in Human Resources. The department head or Medical Director will provide written response to the appeal within five (5) workdays of receiving the written appeal, with a copy of the response to Human Resources, Director of Employee Relations.
Step 2: Vice Chancellor. If the employee is not satisfied with the Step 1 decision, he/she may submit a written appeal to the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, with copy to Human Resources, Director of Employee Relations, within ten (10) workdays of receiving written notification of Step 1 decision. The Vice Chancellor will provide written response to the appeal within ten (10) days of receiving the written appeal, with a copy of the response to Human Resources, Director of Employee Relations. The ruling of the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences to the Step 2 appeal is the final agency decision for the University.
5. Disciplinary Appeals Alleging Discrimination
A CSS employee wishing to file an internal complaint alleging discrimination prohibited in the University's Nondiscrimination Policy should contact the University's Office for Equity, Diversity and Community Relations (EDC) for additional information/procedures. Contact information for the Office of EDC is as follows:
Dr. Taffye Benson Clayton
Associate Provost for Equity, Diversity, and Community Relations
Office for Equity, Diversity and Community Relations
East Carolina University
Old Cafeteria Building, Suite G-406
Greenville, NC 27858
(252) 328-6804
6. Maintenance of Disciplinary Actions
Corrective Action Reports remain active for 18 months unless additional corrective action is necessary. Otherwise, they remain a part of the employee's personnel file and may be taken into consideration in determining progression of steps if future corrective action is necessary. Active disciplinary actions may result in an overall annual performance rating of "below expectations". Additionally, an overall annual performance rating of "meets expectations" or better does not render any active disciplinary actions as inactive.
When an employee transfers to another department or work unit, any active written warnings or disciplinary actions will transfer with the employee, and will remain in full force at the new work unit.
7. Clinical Support Services (CSS) Work Rules
The attached grid, captioned Clinical Support Services (CSS) Work Rules -- Guide for Disciplinary Action is a guide for disciplinary actions with respect to infractions and violations of laws, University and/or ECU Physicians rules, regulations, policies, and/or standards. This list is not exhaustive of all types of conduct which may constitute grounds for disciplinary action including, but not limited to, suspension without pay, demotion and/or dismissal from employment.
Any of the steps set forth in these guidelines may be skipped or eliminated, at the University's sole and absolute discretion, depending on the seriousness of the offense and any other relevant circumstances of the specific case. As a general rule, disciplinary action shall be more severe for conduct which is a knowing, intentional, or willful violation of the law and/or of the rules, regulations, policies, and/or standards of the University and/or ECU Physicians. Nothing in this policy should be construed as preventing, limiting, or delaying the University from taking any and all appropriate disciplinary action(s) including, but not limited to, suspension without pay, demotion and/or dismissal, in any circumstances where the University, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems such action appropriate and warranted.
Key: Recommended Disciplinary Actions
O: Oral Warning (written documentation of such is necessary)
W: Written Warning
S: Suspension Without Pay
D: Demotion/Dismissal


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Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 expression in glioma infiltrating glia
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Objective: Analysis of MMP-9 expression levels in glioma-infiltrating glia and examination of cross-talk between glioma cells and glial cells in the context of MMP-9 regulation.
Methods: We determined MMP-9 regulation by PCR, westernblotting and gelatinase zymography in a mouse microglia and astrocytes cell culture and in mouse glioma cell line GL261. We stimulated the cell cultures with the GL261 conditioned medium (GCM) and with the microglia conditioned medium (MCM). Additionally we used the mouse in vivo glioma model where we implanted GL261 into mouse basal ganglia. Afterwards we used immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy to characterize the colabeling of the glial cells with MMP-9 in and around gliomas.
Results: The stimulation of primary astrocytes with GCM induced MMP-9 expression. 3h and 6h after culturing of primary astrocytes in GCM we observed a strong increase of MMP-9 expression. An increase of MMP-9 expression was also observed in primary microglial cells after GCM stimulation, but to a lesser extent. GL261 express MMP-9 only after stimulation with MCM. In situ, we observed the overexpression of MMP-9 in astrocytes and microglia surrounding glioma cells.
Conclusions: For the first time we identify the astrocytes and microglia as major suppliers of MMP-9 in gliomas. The astrocytes and microglia express increased MMP-9 after stimulation with GCM.


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The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) this week criticized a letter sent by what it called "anti-biofuel" organizations to Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and James Imhofe (R-OK). The RFA said the letter "grossly misrepresented and distorted the findings of recent studies by the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) and United Nations Committee on Food Security (CFS)." The RFA wrote the senators to address the letter's mischaracterization of the studies, particularly as they relate to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The letter in question was signed by ActionAid USA et al.
ActionAid reports on its website that "to replace 90 percent of U.S. gasoline with ethanol as some ethanol lobbying groups have suggested, farmers would have to plant four times the current corn crop and use every bushel for corn ethanol fuel."
"U.S. farmers have diverted 40 percent of corn production from food and feed to fuel, and land once used for soybean production has been converted to corn to meet the demand for biofuels set out in the federal RFS," ActionAid adds. The organization says that "shifts put pressure on food stocks until they cross a tipping point, driving prices up."
The RFA points out that the NAS report, in its preface, states ". . . our clearest conclusion is that there is very high uncertainty in the impacts we were trying to estimate. The uncertainties include essentially all of the drivers of biofuel production and consumption and the complex interactions among those drivers: future crude oil prices, feedstock costs and availability, technological advances in conversion efficiencies, land-use change, government policy, and more."
A summary of the NAS report is available at http://dels.nas.edu. It also includes a link to the entire study.
The RFA also pointed out that the CFS "study" is actually a brief summary of discussions by the UN committee's expert panel on food security and nutrition. RFA noted that the CFS report does not even mention the RFS. In regard to biofuels, the report recommends only that the expert panel consider a review process that considers both the positive and potentially undesirable impacts of biofuel policies worldwide.


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Chinese Buyers Hunt for the Perfect Second Home
The Chinese are now the second biggest international buyers in the U.S. property market. The WSJ's Wei Gu tells Deborah Kan what Chinese customers are looking for when it comes to buying a second home, whether in China or abroad.
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Gopadma Vrata is dedicated to the worship of cows and is observed during the Chaturmasa – the four holy months in Hinduism. Go Padma Vratam starts on Deva Shayani Ekadasi in Ashada Month and ends on Uttahna Ekadasi in Kartik Month. Gopadma Vrata 2018 begins on July 24 – the day when the Chaturmas Vrata begins for many Hindu communities - and ends on November 19 - the next day of Uttahana Ekadasi.
The importance of Gopadma Vrata is mentioned in the Aditya Purana.
Cow is worshipped by many people and Go Mata puja is of great significance to many devout Hindus. During the period of Chaturmas, cattle sheds are thoroughly cleaned and decorated with kolams (Rangoli). After thoroughly cleaning the cattle, they are given Prasad and are worshipped along with Lord Vishnu.
It must be noted that Gopadma is also an auspicious sign drawn on Rangoli.
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People Look for Serenity and Good Health Through Yoga
by Amy Lignor
In this day and age there are a list of diet plans, diet programs, exercise facilities (that sometimes look like dating locations instead of actual exercise places) in North America. We have also just gone through that one time during the year where you make those "resolutions," with losing weight and getting healthy still being the number one choice people made this New Year's Eve. In 2018, however, the system people are choosing to utilize when it comes to exercise and becoming physically and mentally fit is yoga. Perhaps because it is one way to have that workout each day where you do not have to run on a treadmill and increase your heartrate in order to see results.
For those out there who are just starting in this direction, here are three facts you should be aware of before diving into the program.
After a short while, talking with your hands will become almost second nature. You will gesture a great deal during yoga class, from the "prayer position" to "saluting the sun." As you move further through the program, you will notice that your hands are constantly on the move, which is an added extra benefit because of the amount of people who suffer from aches and pains in their hands and arms. When putting your hands in motion and not constantly sitting in one position typing, texting, etc., a very important part of your body is able to be exercised and pain is alleviated.
At the beginning, you may have a difficult time with balance and stability as you learn the new poses, but the best way to achieve these two things is by remembering what your grandmother said to you once: "Everything you will need to know in life you learned in kindergarten." This includes sitting with your legs crossed. In fact, besides nap time and play time outside during recess, all of us were basically sitting with legs crossed 90% of the time during our early years. Just remember that as long as you can find that comfortable seated position, you can do yoga just fine. Call back that kindergartner still residing in your soul and take note how the cross-legged position offers a feeling of stability; it allows you to be grounded in order to feel comfortable while learning those first few yoga poses. It is also a perfect way to gain balance when you meditate and let loose the stress of daily life.
When you push yourself into a pose that restricts your breath or makes you feel unbalanced, yoga is lost. Creating that steady breath will allow you to better connect with your mind and body. Contorting your body puts pressure on your muscles and joints – and for those who suffer from various aches and pains will not find this to be a relaxing way to exercise. In addition, how good you are at yoga should not be based on how far you can bend your body backwards. Yoga is a personal exercise choice that will work, if you allow yourself to enjoy the process.
The third fact that is a huge part of choosing yoga over other forms of exercise comes from learning to love your body, your mind and your entire self instead of constantly looking in the mirror, judging yourself, getting on the scale and losing the passion, etc. Heading into gym facilities works just fine for some, but for many they feel even more let down. They go "off the wagon" with that slice of pizza because they are discouraged by watching all those "in shape" body builders go through their routine.
Yoga was expressly made for you to release all that emotional tension that builds up, most especially in the neck and shoulders. This is an exercise plan/system that needs you to never compare yourself with "others" in the room, because yoga is all about finding your breath, finding that calming place, and allowing your body and mind to work together to enjoy good health. You may be surprised at just how active you feel after a yoga class, and how much better you deal with the stress that is called life.
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A Late Holiday Gift from Nebraska's Offense: Some Swagger for 2010 Title Run
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Nice move and good timing.
You saw history made here Wednesday night at Qualcomm Stadium - Nebraska's first shutout in its storied 46-game bowl history and the first shutout ever in the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl, an annual event known for explosive scoring and loud cannon shots. And just for the record, it really was the first time it rained in 32 Holiday Bowls.
But no one really cared because the Huskers steamrolled 20th-ranked Arizona, 33-0, in a game that really never was close. Nebraska scored the Holiday Bowl's quickest ever touchdown, 95 seconds after the game started ... and the Huskers were the ones who kicked off!
Apparently, they were also the ones who were ticked off because they had some emotional ammunition from their head coach, who indicated that the Wildcats, among other things, didn't respect their talent.
"Thanks to all of our great fans for coming out and supporting us here ... I just want to say that Nebraska's back, and we're here to stay," Husker Head Coach Bo Pelini said, hoisting the Holiday Bowl trophy after becoming NU's first head coach ever to win his first three bowl games.
No surprise there, especially when you read all the other interesting late-season defensive milestones from Pelini-coached teams.
But here's the best thing about the whole night: Against the U of A, which was wearing special white uniforms to match its new white throwback helmets instead of its customary blue helmets, the Huskers found something they hadn't seen or felt since the non-conference season. And it's something they will need to make a serious run for a national championship in 2010 - some real, honest-to-goodness offensive swagger. It may not have stopped the rain, but it did stop the pre-game trash talk.
Beating the Wildcats with the Wildcat Formation
Talking, stalking, you name it. The Wildcats were trying to gain every possible psychological edge, so it was only fitting that the Huskers played a great game instead of talked about one. Speaking of irony, is there any better way to beat a Wildcat than with the Wildcat?
"Our new Wildcat formation was huge," said Husker Tight End Coach Ron Brown. "We never really got to it for the Texas game because we needed longer reps, and the bowl game gave us that opportunity. Rex (Burkhead) is just a natural at it. He ran it when he did some quarterbacking as a junior in high school (at Plano, Texas)."
Burkhead's 89 rushing yards were pivotal on direct snaps from center. The Huskers used the new formation on their fourth offensive series and were able to keep the Wildcats guessing the rest of the way because they were able to read Arizona's defensive tendencies to just the second spread formation team it faced this season (Pac 10 Champion Oregon was the other).
"This is what we want to do. We want to be a team with a ball-control passing attack that is able to take shots with a good play-action game and be a team that can spread the field and use 52 yards of space," Nebraska Offensive Coordinator Shawn Watson said. "If you make a defense defend 52 yards of depth, that's a lot, man. That's what we want to be, and that's what we will be. That's the way we recruited and how we're building our program."
And the timing could not have been better. Even though the bowl game is the milestone 10th win of the 2009 Husker season, it's really, in a sense, the official launch of the 2010 season, and that's why swagger is such an important word here.
There are all kinds of ways to define swagger - including many that are negative - but on Bo Pelini-coached football teams, it is viewed as a positive word. Swagger, Nebraska Football-Style, is how someone presents himself to the world and how he handles a situation. Yes, swagger can be shown in a player's walk, but that's supposed to represent triumph over fear, not puffing out your chest or assuming a bodybuilder pose.
Okay, maybe the Huskers stretched the lines of demarcation a time or two on Wednesday night, but you'd like to think it was more out of a sense of accomplishment and relief than any deliberate attempt to upstage an opponent.
Swagger Can Mean a Variety of Good Things
Stay with me on this, especially those who thought there was no hope for an offensive team that had difficulty making a first down in the Big 12 Championship.
Swagger is often the result of showing your confidence a little more independently and spontaneously than perhaps even you intended. Nebraska swagger is based on conducting yourself in a way that would automatically earn respect. That's why it intersects with character, includes heart and features mental toughness, attention to detail, selling out to the process, putting the team above yourself and showing a willingness to listen to your coaches, so that you understand a fundamental truth: It's not about you. It's about the team.
No wonder players often take on the personalities of their head coach.
Wednesday night was a metamorphosis, a transformation if you will, and emotion was bound to spill over because an offense that wasn't going anywhere and had been given up as virtually comotose was suddenly everywhere, making yards on first and second downs, converting third downs, scoring touchdowns, making a record four Holiday Bowl field goals (from Mr. Reliable himself, Alex Henery), and, in the process, making everyone feel good, so they could laugh and be happy.
Admit it. You were as shocked by Nebraska's offensive performance against Arizona as I was typing on this computer late Wednesday morning when an earthquake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale, moved the machine an inch or two while the 14th floor of the Marriott Marina Hotel shook so dramatically, you could actually feel the building sway.
That means those of you who have been so down on Nebraska's offense that you thought it would take an act of nature to change its course got just what you wanted on Wednesday night. The earth actually moved, and Nebraska's offense moved with it.
We forgive you for being shocked, but we're not fibbing when we tell you it did not surprise a single Nebraska coach or Husker player we talked to.
Suh and Pelini Both Saw it Coming
"I wasn't surprised at all because the offensive line and the quarterback have been beat up, and the running backs have been hurting, too," said Ndamukong Suh, the All-America defensive tackle and the Associated Press Player of the Year. "Some are still dinged up (including Zac Lee, who needs surgery on his throwing arm). But overall, they're finally healthy, and I knew they could play to their full potential. That's what they did and why they put up 33 points in three quarters - the kind of performance we were used to when they were healthy."
"We had a great plan," Watson said. "When we do something, it's all of us. I'm just a product of having four outstanding men in that meeting room. They're really creative. We've been through so much this year as a staff. The thing I'm probably most proud of is we never, ever, ever, ever ... ever question what we were doing nor did we nip or backstab. We knew what we had to do, so we joined our arms together, and we just did it. And then, when we had a chance and felt like we were at a point where we were healthy, we could get back to being us. That is what tonight was all about."
Lee threw for 173 yards, and he rushed, with purpose, for 65 more. Wide Receiver Niles Paul caught four passes for 123 yards. One was a 74-yard touchdown catch from Lee for Nebraska's longest play from scrimmage this season. The Wildcat formation produced Paul's touchdown because the safeties decided to attack, allowing the Huskers to put double moves on two corners playing too tightly.
Paul also had a 28-yard punt return and was named the game's MVP on offense. Safety Matt O'Hanlon got the ball rolling in the game's first series with an interception and a 37-yard return to the Arizona 4. He was named the game's MVP on defense.
Count Nebraska Defensive Coordinator Carl Pelini as one who "absolutely saw" Nebraska's potential to explode on offense on the same day as an earthquake.
"I think our offense is committed now that they're healthy," Carl Pelini said. "We had some physical bowl practices, and I said to Shawn about a week ago: 'Man, if you guys play at the Holiday Bowl like you've been pounding against us, we're going to have no problem, and look what happened. Our offense is starting to get that swagger, too."
Watson agrees, but is eager to launch continued development of the receivers and the quarterbacks, which, in turn, will benefit the offensive line. "I can't wait. I'm excited," he said. "We have etched out where we want to be, and we took a big step tonight.
Swagger Can Take You from Good to Great
"I think the sky's the limit for how good this football team can be," Watson said. "We can be a really, really good football team. I can't wait to go back to work. The kids are excited. Our entire staff is excited. Once we were able to get back to being us, there was a whole new air in our practice, a whole new enthusiasm, a whole new level of detail. It became important to everybody."
Important enough to see swagger for what it really is - a momentum builder that can take a good team to a great team.
Voices from Husker Nation
Great article! Your definition of "positive" swagger is dead-on. Being a Husker fan for 36 years and growing up in rural Nebraska, I've always felt my pride for the Huskers was defined by so much more than wins and losses. It was the sellout streak.....the reputation for having the most courteous and knowledgeable fans.....the fact that our offense was completely predictable while being utterly unstoppable.....it was a defensive end coming off the corner and crushing the quarterback, then helping the quarterback to his feet and tapping him on the helmet.....it was a touchdown celebrated by jogging to the nearest official and handing him the ball.....it was a walk-on becoming an All-American and going on to the NFL.....it was going for two when an extra point wins the national championship. I could go on and on. That pride disappeared for me during part of the previous era, but Bo and his staff has brought all of it back, for me anyway, and I get the feeling that 2010 is going to be something special! Patrick Joe, Houston, Texas
OUCH! I'm still recovering from the emotional hangover after painfully watching this game with fellow U of A alums while visiting Phoenix for the holidays. It was a game I'll never forget. Our hats are off to you guys. What a performance ... such intensity. Enjoyed seeing some players that are on their way to the NFL. Respect! Mike Dickinson, 1988 U of A graduate, Washington, D.C.
Great article! As an NU graduate during the first transition (Devaney to Osborne), I can see the rebirth of a great run under Pelini. He instills confidence and dedication to the team concept of gridiron competition. It's wonderful to see a group of players performing as a team, without all the chest pounding and individualism shown by so many other programs. As we have seen all season, Huskers don't quit. The coaching staff had this team playing to their potential each and every game. Rebuilding a program starts with DEFENSE!!! Great job Huskers! Mike Sandoz, from the Gateway to the San Juans, Anacortes, Washington, 1971
I have to give the football team some major kudos. They have shown the Husker Nation that, like our dominant teams of the past, they know how to put the critics to rest with dominant performances like they had Wednesday night. Husker faithful, like me, a dedicated fan for over 35 years, watch out!!! The Husker train has come back to the station and is ready to take off again. To have been able to watch the football games while over here in Iraq has been the best enjoyment that I have had while here this year. I can't wait to be able to go to a game at Memorial Stadium once I get home. My heart bleeds scarlet and cream and will always be that way. GO HUSKERS!!!!! James Zaksr, a Nebraska soldier in Iraq
I think you nailed the Husker advantage in the following: "Nebraska swagger is based on conducting yourself in a way that would automatically earn respect. That's why it intersects with character, includes heart and features mental toughness, attention to detail, selling out to the process, putting the team above yourself and showing a willingness to listen to your coaches, so that you understand a fundamental truth: It's not about you. It's about the team." This is the philosophy of Dr. Tom and cannot be stressed enough in college athletics. Alan McFerren - A Husker in Indiana.
Nice idea, the Wildcat. But, another way to have an extra running back in the backfield to snap the ball would be some QB's like Scott Frost, Eric Crouch, or Tommie Frazier. Dual-threat QB's don't seem to be much better at passing than the defensive back/running back QB's that made the Huskers great. However, dual-threat QB's are in no way comparable in the running game. I think Nebraska can boost productivity by focusing on contact players who can run as their QB. Of course, the O line is a big part of that improvement, too. Gary E. Marché, Claremore, Oklahoma
Nebraska football is back, and it is back to stay as Bo said after being presented with the Holiday Bowl trophy. Let's Git-R-Done next year and win the Big 12. GO BIG RED! Ross Hayman, Death Valley, California
I think your analysis is spot on about the overall uptick in confidence by the Big Red offense. Watching the game I couldn't help but feel that we had returned to our roots. It's good to see the Blackshirts feared and our backs and wideouts running wild on offense again just as they did in the 70's thru the 90's. Pete Smith
As usual, I enjoyed reading your account of a fun game to watch from a Nebraska fan's point of view. The only drawback was the fallout of so many people tuning out of the game because it was so lopsided by halftime. A San Diego columnist commented on Arizona wearing those throwback white helmets that you mentioned in your column. He said they cost the school upwards of $30,000 and also said that "White flags would have been much cheaper - and more appropriate." Ri Edwards, Yuba City, California
The rain, the history being made, the shutout ... it all just seems fitting that fate put the Lincoln Southeast High School band there on a day all of Nebraska will remember for a long time. What a fairy tale day. Lisa Miller, Pittsburg, Kansas
I've been a rabid Husker fan since the 1940s when I was a lad living in the Nebraska Panhandle. Last night's bowl game reminded me of the Nebraska of old. The excitement is back. Richard Platt, San Antonio, Texas
Thanks for another great column. While I will be looking forward to Nebraska coming to Seattle next fall, my godson is a University of Washington grad, and he e-mailed me after the game to say that a number of Husky fans aren't so enthused about NU coming out here, especially after watching the Huskers manhandle Arizona. Here's hoping Nebraska fans circle Sept. 18 on their calendars and begin looking for tickets and making travel plans. It would be great to see another large West Coast following. Warren Miller, Spokane, Washington
Great recap of the game. The interviews with Ron Brown and Shawn Watson were excellent, well placed and insightful. Scott Shipferling, a Husker in Texas
That was the best Cornhusker game I have seen in a while. We were dominant just like the old days. I feel there are great things coming our way. GO BIG RED! Joe Mansour, Methuen Massachusetts
Great article. I also feel that we are on track. Watch out everyone. Big Red Nation is back! Willis Pierson
I think it's great the Cornhuskers have some of their swagger back. I just didn't like to see it cost us a 15-yard penalty. To me, that is poor sportsman-like conduct. The Cornhuskers are classier than that. Becky Larson
Way to go 'Big Red'!! The Cornhuskers are back!! Happy New Year & Christmas everyday! Scott Lance
I am a huge Husker fan. It was nice to see Nebraska back in the groove. All I can say is Bo is a god-answered prayer to the Huskers. Win or lose, I will be a fan. Just want to say it's good to see the Huskers coming around to what we know they are able to do. Adam Worley, a fan from New Mexico
Not sure we will be ready to make a run at the National Championship in 2010, but if we can come out and play like we did last night, we will win the Big 12, and should be well seated in the Top 10 next season. Michael Lovitt, Lincoln, Nebraska


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Thursday, November 19, 2009
This is truly a work of art. Who can forget the unfortunate fowl that couldn't out run the mower and ended up on our dinner table.
Posted by Steve Blood at 7:07 AM
5 comments:
- Elizabeth said...
Dad would bring the pheasant home with a comment that we would eat well for supper. Remember how sometimes the mother pheasant with her chicks following her would run alongside the tractor on a ditch bank. By the way, Steve, your spell check didn't help you - fowl is the word, bird.
- November 19, 2009 at 10:33 PM
- Steve Blood said...
Foul, fowl, it still ain't chicken. ( Spell checker wouldn't help)
- November 20, 2009 at 3:36 AM
- Elizabeth said...
So it was a foul fowl? The graphics on the sack are really very good.
- November 20, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- Steve Blood said...
Also remember that father only let Mic Mickelson, (Now that I really don't how to spell) and Fred Giles pheasant hunt on the farm.
- November 20, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- Judy said...
Where has Mary Lynn let you store these bean sacks all of this time? Are they still dusty with dirt?
- November 24, 2009 at 1:06 AM
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1990 New Adventures Of He-Man Animated Series Canon:
Korac was once the Mayor of Gorn City, and his underhanded ways were one of the reasons why there was no law in the city. Having lost the most recent election for Mayor, Korac began working with Skeletor and the Mutants. He was first encountered by Flipshot when the Galactic Guardian was made Sheriff of Gorn City. Under Skeletor's orders, Korac first secretly helped Flipshot, but then created a situation in which the most fearsome criminals in the city, the Ugly Bunch, would face off against the Galactic Guardians and He-Man.
When he was next seen, Korac had gone into business for himself, and offered Skeletor a piece of technology he had acquired, a device that would increase the Mutants intelligence. Despite Korac wanting something in return, Skeletor simply took the machine from him by force.
Some time later, working once again with Skeletor, Korac helped to fool a group of criminals into attacking Primus for the Mutants. He also served as Skeletor's messenger to a group of android Bounty Hunters trying to take the Galactic Guardian back to a being known as The Great One.
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1990 New Adventures Of He-Man Animated Series Appearances:
ALLEANZA : Space Mutants
SPECIE : Mutants
LUOGO DI ORIGINE : Planet Of Denebria
SESSO : Male


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
This is the third of a three-part story on Israelis infiltrating Syria to help refugees. If you have not done so already, we suggest first reading Exclusive: Israelis infiltrate Syria to provide clandestine aid - Part I and Love Your Enemy: Israelis infiltrate Syria to provide aid - Part II
Nevertheless, Israel continues to provide help to the needy. In a phone interview with this Israel Today, Kara stressed that the Israeli government works tightly with
various voluntary entities, encouraging them to take action.
"We are willing to open doors to those seeking
professional treatment, or, alternatively, fly medical aid to the victims of the Assad massacres", he said, while agreeing that the Syrian authorities would never allow such assistance.
Sarah has also acknowledged the government's involvement. "It has always been by my side whenever I needed to get more medicine or necessary equipment, like blankets", she said but
expressed concern over the lack of similar NGOs inside Israel. "We might boast a nice array of organizations that tackle poverty inside our country but none of them is doing what we do," she reasoned.
Kara disagreed, saying that there are a lot of similar NGOs – many of which cooperate with leading international bodies like the Red Cross – but stressed that many of them are unable to do much due to various logistical and and financial problems.
Last June the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs appealed for more donations. To assist displaced persons in Syria, the report said it
needed USD $180 million along with USD $192 million to assist the country's refugees. But so far only 20% and 26% (respectively) of those sums were
granted, leaving thousands waiting for help in conditions that put their lives at risk.
Meanwhile, some people have already started voicing their concerns over the dreadful conditions in the camps. According to a Lebanese news website, Now Lebanon, the newly-established Zaatari camp in Jordan falls short of international standards, with some complaining that the place lacks proper bathrooms, not to mention sufficient amounts of
food and water.
The situation is no better in neighboring Lebanon, where residents of the border town of Arsal in the eastern part of the country accused the UN of helping only 150 families out of the 600 total, urging them to assume their tasks.
According to some estimates, Lebanon needs about USD $115 million to help the Syrians it is currently hosting. The European Union (EU) ambassador Angelina Eichhorst said in an interview with the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir that the EU, which had already allocated 3 million Euros, is ready to provide Lebanon with assistance. Similar sentiments were echoed by several Gulf states and the US ambassador to Lebanon, Maura Connelly.
Yet, despite the heavy cash injections, there are some who think the international bodies aren't doing their job properly. "The UN does help refugees but when it
comes to IDPs it fails to act decisively," said Sarah, admitting that the difficulty in approaching victims of Syria's crisis bogged down many operations of the institution. "The Red Crescent is present but it has no
power as it employs only locals who can be easily threatened and manipulated by the Syrian government. These organizations need foreigners, as they will listen to Geneva and their consciousness, rather than their governments," she concluded.
Dr. Zisser partially agreed, saying that a lot of money is spent on financing various expenses like administration and other things that don't immediately benefit refugees. Yet, he also stressed that international community is committed to helping
the Syrians.
With millions of dollars being pumped by Israelis into various forms of assistance for Syrian refugees, does Sarah wonder how much these efforts are acknowledged or appreciated? "I still haven't asked Syrians if they would have done the same for me had anything of this magnitude happened in Israel," she replied. "But I don't care, all I do care about is my
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OAKLAND — A former U.S. Army Ranger who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars has sued Alameda County and its sheriff's office for failing to properly care for his health after being arrested during an Occupy Oakland protest.
Kayvan Sabeghi, 33, of Oakland, claims that he suffered a lacerated spleen after being beaten by Oakland police officers during his arrest and that deputies at the North County Jail ignored his pleas for help until he passed out in his cell.
The lawsuit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, claims that Sabeghi immediately notified jailers of his injuries when he was booked into jail but was ignored and ridiculed by deputies.
Instead of having medical personnel check him for injuries after he began vomiting and losing strength, Sabeghi claims in the lawsuit that deputies erroneously accused him of being drunk and having a withdrawal from heroin as he laid on the floor of his cell.
While one employee did check Sabeghi's blood pressure, that employee wrongly determined that Sabeghi was a diabetic and an alcoholic, the suit states.
"Later, another County deputy looked into the cell and observed Mr. Sabeghi lying on the floor throwing up. This deputy taunted Sabeghi by stating, 'Don't do heroin,'" the lawsuit states. "He then pointed Mr. Sabeghi out to other inmates and stated, 'see this is why you don't do heroin.'"
It wasn't until about a day later, when Sabeghi's friends posted bail, that deputies called an ambulance for Sabeghi when he couldn't move from his cell.
Sabeghi was taken to Highland Hospital, where emergency room doctors found that he suffered from a lacerated spleen, the lawsuit states. Sabeghi was then admitted into intensive care, where he remained for five days.
The lawsuit, filed by longtime anti-war protester Dan Siegel, seeks monetary damages to pay for Sabeghi's medical care and for the pain he suffered through humiliation, mental anguish and emotional distress. The lawsuit also seeks monetary punitive damages.
J.D. Nelson, spokesman for the sheriff's office, did not return calls seeking comment.


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51280 NACHI Spherical Roller Thrust Bearing have specially designed raceways and asymmetrical rollers. The bearings can accommodate axial loads acting in one direction and simultaneously acting radial loads. The load is transmitted between the raceways via the rollers at an angle to the bearing axis, while the flange guides the rollers .
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