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The National Sports Commission has wielded the big stick on some erring athletes and states that did not play by the rules at the just concluded sports festival. The affected athletes and states, the commission said their actions were against the rules and regulations of the festival.
Those that violated the rules and punished were Oladele Ojo also known as Alaba Joseph and Olubunmi Olamide also known as Olubunmi Olayemi, Olubunmi Ademiloye Emman and Ademisoye Olamide all from Ekiti State. They were banned from participating in the National Sports Festival for life.
They were also banned from participating in any event organized by the hockey federation of Nigeria for two years for violating the eligibility rule of the sports festival.
Ekiti State which registered and fielded the athletes was fined N100, 000 while the state secretary and head coach of the team were suspended from participating in one NSF and all other programmes of the hockey federation for two (2) years.
Jide Daniel, an athlete who participated in Lagos State colours in the Judo event was also banned for life for flouting the rule which stipulated that any athlete who have participated in three (3) previous National Sports Festivals in a particular sports shall not be eligible to participate in that same sport. He was also banned from participating in any event organized by the Judo Federation for the period of two (2) years.
Lagos State which registered and fielded the athlete was fined the sum of N100,000. The head coach and state secretary of sport concerned were also suspended for one, i.e. (2) years NSF as well as any other programmes of the federation for the same period.
The NSC also punished Miss Onu peace from Enugu state who changed her identity for the purpose of participating in the football event in breach of rule 7 of the NSF.
Miss Onu Peace also known as Chikordi Nwachifem was banned for life from participating in the National Sports Festival. She is also banned from participating in any event organised by the concerned Federation for a period of two (2) years.
Enugu state that registered and fielded the athlete was fined the sum of N100, 000 while the state secretary and coach concerned were each suspended for one sports festival and any event organized by the concerned federation.
Miss Fatima Bello who registered and competed for Lagos State while under the employment of Delta State was disqualified from further participation in the 18th edition of the festival. All or any medals won by the athlete during the festival were/was awarded to the opponent.


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The stocking of streams and lakes of fish occurs throughout the world to increase sport fishing opportunities, yet little consideration has been given to the potential consequences of these introductions on native species. In California , there was growing concern that exotic, or introduced , trout were playing a role in the decline of the mountain yellow-legged frog - once common in this area - where historically no native fish existed in the High Sierra. A study to determine the impact of introduced trout on the native biota of high elevation lakes in the Sierra Nevada was initiated in 1995, sampling over 2,000 lakes in the John Muir Wilderness and Kings Canyon National Park. This is a collaborative research effort among Pacific Southwest (PSW) Forest Service, University of California Santa Barbara, and Michigan State University.
This research study has demonstrated a link between fish stocking and observed decline of the mountain yellow-legged frog, once the most common vertebrate animal in the Sierra Nevada . The work also provided information on the effect of non-native trout on the entire high-elevation aquatic ecosystem including invertebrates, garter snakes, and other amphibians, and the potential for recovery. The resulting research and 11 publications have contributed to the scientific literature in conservation, fundamental ecology of aquatic habitats, applied ecology and management, and the natural history of the mountain yellow-legged frog.
Now the California Department of Fish and Game and the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park are using our research to implement new management strategies.
The most valuable aspect of the research findings is that we can now predict that, with some simple management changes (i.e., reduced fish stocking), the impacts of exotic fish introductions can be reversed, and that these important high elevation ecosystems can be restored. It may be possible to manage for trout and native species and reduce conflicts between the competing user groups.
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Our Casual Classic service provides the worshiper with a service in a casual setting, via simulcast, that is led by the 190 voice CMC Sanctuary Choir and Instrumental Ensembles. A variety of musical styles are engaged based on the theme of the Word of God to be shared that day. Included are ancient Creeds, modern videos, creative Scripture readings, times of confession, praise, and adoration, all focused on the subject of our worship…the true and living God, through His Son, Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Dundee United have struck a further blow to the newco Rangers being accepted into the Clydesdale Bank Premier League by indicating they will join Hearts in voting against the proposal.
Rangers require an 8-4 majority for the newco to be included in the top flight next season when all 12 Scottish Premier League clubs - including Rangers - vote on the issue at the general meeting on July 4.
In a statement on Thursday night, Dundee United said after discussing the situation with supporters' groups, they reached the conclusion that the sporting integrity of the competition required the newco Rangers not to be included.
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Molo — Director of The Blessed John Paul II Evangelizing parish teams church movement, Professor Peter Kiarie said that the Second African Synod, held in Rome in 2009 and whose report was presented to the Church in Africa by Pope Benedict November 2011 "empowers" the lay people in the church to participate in evangelization work.
Professor Kiarie was officially opening a three-day workshop (August 16-19), organized by The Blessed John Paul II Evangelizing Parish Teams Movement and held at Ukarimu Centre-Incarnate Sisters, Molo.
The theme of the workshop was "Be Missionaries to yourself-Pope Paul VI-Uganda-I969" and was attended by 56 participants, drawn from various dioceses in the country.
"The laity must be very active in evangelization as stipulated by the Second African Synod," said Prof Kiarie.
He said the spirituality of Blessed John II is of the new evangelization which Pope Benedict VI has adopted.
In his recent address Pope Benedict XVI emphasized that new evangelization requires a change in mentality, particularly with regard to the role of the laity in the Church, who should be considered not as "collaborators" with the clergy, but as persons truly "co-responsible" for the being and activity of the Church, said Prof Kiarie while quoting the Pope.
"It is important, therefore, that a mature and committed laity be united, who are able to make their own specific contribution to the Church's mission," added Prof Kairie.
Religious teacher, Simon Rurinjah presented a paper on how to make Small Christian Communities (SCCs) evangelistic.
He said some people are failing to attend the SCCs meeting because of their thirty for money.
Father Joachim Omolo Ouko, AJ stressed the centrality of parental care within families. The list of parental responsibilities, which he described as fundamental survival of family included care and control of the child, discipline, protection and maintenance, secular education and religious upbringing, medical treatment and consent to marriage.
The workshop was also addressed by the Spiritual director of the Movement, Father Richard Quinn, a Maryknoll missionary priest.
"We must train and form our people on how to evangelize in our Small Christian Communities. We must know and learn how to dialogue with Muslims, work and show with them our love, even though we must be most vocal in claiming our rights and denouncing any false teaching and insults against our faith," he emphasized.
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How should women share their feelings with men?
I've been reading over various questions about the different communication styles of men and women etc. there are several questions where someone... Show More
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Good question.
Read this article to get some good answers:
Thank you for the link. the article is helpful but also a bit disheartening as these differences in communication styles seem very hard to overcome. it almost seems like a better idea to just avoid the topic of feelings altogether when speaking with men so as not to cause stress and conflict. I don't know that I could learn to communicate like a man since I've had so much time to learn to communicate like a woman that it has become instinctual.
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That link is very helpful!
" I think women can cause themselves a lot of trouble by falsely believing that every feeling is worth discussing at length. Men can learn from opening up, but women can learn from sucking it up, too."
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Brevity works. I don't mind talking about feelings if I don't have to talk about them A LOT. (Note that this means nagging fails. If it's not happening, it's not happening. Deal.)
Flattery and reassurance work. I don't mind talking about feelings as long as I'm hearing how wonderful I am.
If you get this right, you'll notice him doing the same. Is he going to expose his rich, inner emotional life to you? No. Guys don't do that. But he will make a habit of giving you his general emotional temperature, which is about as good as it gets.
That is so true whenever my boyfriend talks down about himself like his weight gain, etc. I reassure him that he looks great. I am truthful when I compliment him and I can tell he really appreciates it.
I'm just glad to hear the men do have a "rich inner emotional life". :) after reading some of the articles about male communication sometimes it makes it seem like men don't feel, which I never believed but I was beginning to wonder. :) I do think that men and women are more alike than different we just learn to communicate differently from society. reading the articles I also have an appreciate for how difficult it can be for men because of conflicting expectations society places on them.
I'm sure you can think of a way to discuss this with your boyfriend, but from my perspective, guys don't want to share their feelings with people because it makes them (us) feel sensitive, and we're supposed to be strong, independent and not need help from anyone, when really, someitmes we do. I guess the way we think is: how can anyone expect us to help them in life (this could mean a million tthings, insert what you want) when we can't help ourselves. We just don;t want anyone to know we need help with certain things, and we're all different, so we all need help with different areas of our life.
Men would like to hear what their girlfriend or any female friend of theirs is feeling or thinking. This question actually goes perfectly into what I'm learning in interpersonal communication skills and contexts at college we had a group discussion one group males and the other group females. From the MALES perspective the way women communicate (talking AND listening) is that they wear their hearts on their sleeves, when they shouldn't really take everything so personally, sometimes we're just kidding but females don't get that, because of different listening interpretations.
This comes straight from my COMMUNICATIONS NOTEBOOK of what the guys came up with:
[(keep in mind this was a group discussion so now all views are mine, please NO nasty messages I get enough of those already lol)]
MEN: we only listen to important things. we only talk about important things. we shut off 80% of our surroundings when watching something on TV that grabs our attention. We like to solve problems straight out, and not "beat around the bush". We really read into body language (e.g: crossed arms, legs, postitions etc.) to see how you're feeling about us.
WOMEN: Hear what they want to hear. they read WAAY too much into things (i.e. heart on your sleeves) they overanalyze conversations, create drama and/or make problems, they NEVER forget ANYTHING. they think they're always right about everything they talk about. they pry for answers until they get the one that they want to hear.
p.s. we read these infront of the class including our female professor, and the girls and professor agreed with most of which we had to say, so everything can't be wrong on here.
Not** all views are mine -- sorry for the typo if you may have gotton confused.
Well said.
Thank you for your reply it is very helpful. I find it very interesting that the men in your class labeled over analyzing things as "heart on sleeve". I've always interpreted that saying as meaning a person was very emotional and open about their emotions not that they over analyzed, but I think that is also a nice demonstration of the differences in communication styles. men and women can be using the same words but mean totally different things.
I have to add that your reply to the anonymous girl shows that you have *tons* of insight:
"I'm also learning that sometimes some things just really aren't that important and I don't have to listen to every feeling I have as being a "sign" of something being wrong or pointing to some other meaning. sometimes I'm just hormonal or in a bad mood and that's ok too :) and I can just let it pass."
That is a very sharp observation. Don't be so hard on yourself about the communication between men and women being insurmountable. The fact that you have so much insight proves that you're miles ahead of most women your age when it comes to emotional maturity.
Ty very much :) I know I still have a lot to learn but it is very nice to know that I'm heading in the right direction, thank you.
I think guys feel like if they share their feelings and stuff, they won't be the guy in the relationship anymore. We feel like it might make us seem too sensitive. We just don't like to show weakness especially in front of our girls. I'm not saying this is how it should be but see some of us can share feelings well without coming off like a crybaby or a punk, you know anything excessive.
Definately you are right. that if a man is not telling that it is sure that your boyfriend doesn't love you, but if you are thinking same, then what is difference between you and him, its mean that you don't know, you are in love, or not, if you really love him, then whatever he does or doesnt, you would like everything of him, and this is love... I don't think that You love your boyfriends, because knowing love, it is very difficuilt and easy too...
If you doesn't know the love its mean that you are not in love... you are just passing your time, and he too. first you need to be sincere with your boyfriend and then you realise he loves you or not...
I hope that you understand what I want to tell you...
guys show their feeling in physical way girls talk about their feelings.
Very true, I have noticed this with my boyfriend a lot and I have tried to up my physical showings of feelings to him to reciprocate so that instead of my saying I love you all the time I show him that I love him instead. the only problem with it is that being a woman I don't always feel secure that he's gotten the message because I haven't said it, but I should trust that since I am attempting to "speak his language" that he understands. but I do still tell him I love him every now and then.
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He does tell me he loves me every now and then, he was actually the first one to say it. I would love to hear it more often but I know that when he does say it he really means it because he doesn't say it all the time. I think it's good that I hold back saying it to him because if I said it every time I wanted to I'd be saying it all the time and the meaning would get watered down. man language actually makes sense now that I'm learning about it, it's just hard to unlearn woman language lol!
Its not hard to learn but it takes time and effort to do so.
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In society men have always been thought of as the stronger and less emotional sex. And well allot of men grow up thinking this way, even if deep down they don't think its right. Plus many men feel that the woman should express her feelings because since she is the girl she should be more pushy and emotional, not them being the guy.
I'm very honest with mine. If I have an issue with something I have to get it out right then and there. If I am really upset I will wait a day or so so I can calm down and not flip out lol. If you don't talk about your feelings they just get bottled up and that's never good.
I agree that talking about feelings is a good way to work through them, but I'm also learning that sometimes some things just really aren't that important and I don't have to listen to every feeling I have as being a "sign" of something being wrong or pointing to some other meaning. sometimes I'm just hormonal or in a bad mood and that's ok too :) and I can just let it pass.
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Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere, the Filipino edition
In time for the opening of classes this June and in celebration of Jose Rizal's 150th birthday, award-winning publisher Bookmark has released a Filipino translation of Noli Me Tangere with a student guide to help the youth appreciate this historical novel in a more engaging way.
The book, which is meant for high school students, is entitled Noli Me Tangere: Ang Gabay sa Pag-aaral. The novel was translated into Filipino by the award-winning poet Rebecca T. Añonuevo based on the English translation of Ma. Soledad Lacson-Locsin , which was published by Bookmark in 1996. Veteran educator and textbook writer Teresita C. Cruz prepared the study guide.
Each chapter of the novel is followed by a study guide that includes tips on enriching the Filipino vocabulary, as well as a critical understanding of Rizal's work. Cruz also looks at the relevance of the events during Rizal's time, more than a century ago, to the situation today and how the lessons from the past can be interpreted in the present generation.
According to Añonuevo, translating the Noli gave her an opportunity to rediscover Rizal the writer. She was pleasantly surprised to find glimpses of Rizal's wit and humor, most of the time ironic, in this novel and was careful to preserve this in her Filipino version.
"Ang tiniyak kong hindi nawala o nabura ay ang mga himig ng nobela sa iba't ibang dako nito—matalas at madulas na siste (matalinong pagpapatawa habang tumutuligsa ng kalabisan); may pag-uuyam, may halakhak, may masuyong biro, may madamdaming pangungumpisal," the translator explains in her preface.
One example is the first chapter, which talks about an impending get-together at Capitan Tiago's house in Binondo. When it was announced in the afternoon, partygoers frantically began preparing for the dinner. The opening scene sets the irreverent tone of the entire novel.
Lacson-Locsin's version in English: "Like an electric jolt the news circulated around the world of social parasites: the pests or dregs which God in His infinite goodness created and very fondly breeds in Manila."
Here is Añonuevo's version in Filipino: "Tulad ng koryente ay kumalat agad ang balita sa mundo ng mga sosyalang linta: mga peste o sumpa ng Diyos na sa Kaniyang kabutihan ay nalikha at lumaganap sa Maynila."
The translator is also careful with her Filipino, which follows the grammar and spelling guide of the second edition of the U.P. Diksiyonaryong Filipino published jointly by the University of the Philippines-Diliman Sentro ng Wikang Filipino and Anvil Publishing, Inc. last year.
Noli Me Tangere is the first novel of Rizal that tackles the abuses of Spanish friars in the Philippines. He started writing this novel in Madrid, Spain in 1884. He continued writing the novel in Paris, France in 1885 and finished the writing it in Wilhelmsfeld Germany in June 1886. It was finally published in Berlin, Germany in March 1887.
The title of the novel is a Latin phrase that literally means "Touch me not." It comes from the Gospel of John in the Holy Bible, when St. Mary Magdalene visited the Holy Sepulcher and saw the risen Jesus, who tells her, "Touch me not; I am not yet ascended to my Father."
Noli Me Tangere, along with its sequel El Filibusterismo, inspired Andres Bonifacio and his comrades in the revolutionary organization Katipunan to stage a successful revolution against Spain in 1898.
Añonuevo is a Palanca award-winning writer whose poetry book Saulado and literary criticism book Talinghaga ng Gana has also won the National Book Award from the Manila Critics Circle. She holds a Ph.D. in Literature from De La Salle University-Manila, and is currently the chair of the Filipino Department of Miriam College.
Cruz is a professor of Filipino at Miriam College who also runs her own school, Lux Mundi Academy, in Obando, Bulacan. She holds a Doctor of Education degree from Centro Escolar University and has authored around 150 textbooks for Filipino subjects in all levels.
For students who are struggling to get through their Rizal subject, this book is an easy reading material that can get them started in tackling the works of our national hero.
It is my wish that Añonuevo will publish her Filipino version of El Filibusterismo soon. – YA, GMA News
J.I.E. TEODORO is an assistant professor of Filipino at Miriam College. He has won several Palanca awards for his works and a National Book Award for creative nonfiction from the Manila Critics Circle and the National Book Development Board. He holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from De La Salle University-Manila, where he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Literature.
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Chitral Youth Club held Peace Seminar.
By: Gul Hamaad Farooqi
CHITRAL: Chitral Youth Club (CYC) held peace seminar under youth Micro challenge award program by exchanging employability & Leadership for youth at Town hall Chitral. Seminar was started with the recitation from the Holy Quran while a student of 2nd year presented Naath Sharif. Addressing on the occasion the speakers said that peace is the only path for development and no nation can develop without peace. They said that Islam also stressed upon peace and that is why Islam termed a Muslim from whose hand and mouth other people are safe. They stressed upon the youth to maintain exemplary peace of Chitral at each cost. Intellectuals delivered speeches on the topic of peace. They termed that Peace, justices; tolerance and respect to each other are best obligations and real worship. Peace disturbed due to individual differences, discrimination, cultural difference, and clash of interest, social changes and sometimes after scientific development. There is difference between peace keeping and peacemaking. They also hailed efforts of Chitral Youth Club who working since 2009 for maintaining peace in Chitral and won Award in a competition with youth of Gilgit Baltistan province. The speakers strongly condemned terrorism in the country causing for killing of innocent people including women and children. They said that other nation reached to Mars but we fighting with each other on a very pity issue causing for weakening us . They said that we never develop until promoting and keeping peace environment in our surrounding. Peace seminar was supported by Aga Khan Rural Support Program, CCDN, Canada International Development Agency EELY. Those who spoke on the occasion were Muhammad Alamgir of AFAQ, Sarwar Suroor president CYC, Khalid Bini Wali Excise and Taxation Officer, Syedul Abrar, Abdul Qayum, Miss Samina of AKRSP and other. A large number of youth including women folk participated in the seminar.
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American Center for International Labor Solidarity
To build, consolidate, and strengthen a sustainable, democratic, and independent labor movement. The Solidarity Center will support the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and Zimbabwe Chamber of Informal Economy Associations in conducting training programs for their affiliates. The Solidarity Center will also subsidize the printing and distribution of the monthly newspaper The Worker which provide accurate information as well as present an alternate view on political and economic developments and policies.
Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI)
To raise public awareness about the extent and impact of Zimbabwe's economic crisis. MPOI will conduct a follow-up national public opinion survey to determine the attitude of Zimbabweans towards the economic recession. MPOI will produce a comprehensive report of its findings for circulation among Zimbabwe's government departments, NGOs, the donor community and media.
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
To provide the public with alternate and more pluralistic definitions of political concepts relating to independence, democracy, and human rights. MISA will produce a media campaign to reclaim the national symbols such as the struggle for independence, the national flag, and the national holidays.
Savanna Trust (ST)
To enhance the effectiveness of community theater groups in communicating socioeconomic and political issues to a grassroots audience. ST will train eight community theatre groups in the basic concepts of human rights, democracy, and good governance, and methods of exploring these concepts in dramatic performances. Following the workshops, the theatre groups will produce monthly plays promoting the principles of democracy, human rights, and good governance.
Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe (SCMZ)
To raise awareness on democracy, gender, and citizen rights among Christian students and young people in Zimbabwe. SCMZ will target students and unemployed young people in both urban and rural constituencies of Zimbabwe with activities promoting democracy, principles of good governance, and human rights; leadership training and development; conflict transformation; and gender mainstreaming and female capacity building.
Women in Politics Support Unit (WIPSU)
To encourage women activists to play a leadership role in mobilizing rural communities to participate in Zimbabwe's 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections. WIPSU will employ a set of grassroots structures known as the Constituency Consultative Forums and Ward Consultative Forums to disseminate election-related information to rural women.
The Women's Trust (TWT)
To encourage women activists to play a leadership role in mobilizing rural communities to participate in Zimbabwe's 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections. TWT will host a series of voter education and advocacy workshops for women community leaders and will organize ten public meetings designed to increase voter awareness of election procedures and of gender-related campaign issues.
Youth Agenda
To enhance the political participation of rural and marginalized urban youth in Zimbabwe. Youth Agenda will hold 20 youth rallies in farming and rural communities throughout Zimbabwe and host a series of four focus groups on nonviolent strategies for addressing the crisis in Zimbabwe in each of the country's ten provinces. Youth Agenda will also create a website as an inexpensive and rapid means of information dissemination.
Youth Forum
To encourage youth participation in the dissemination of information on good governance to rural communities in Zimbabwe. Youth Forum will conduct an outreach program that will enable a core group of young people to discuss and understand relevant governance issues and to disseminate their knowledge to targeted rural communities. Ten youth activists will participate in a series of two workshops and two public meetings.
Zimbabwe Community Development Trust (ZCDT)
To promote the participation of IDPs in political processes. ZCDT will conduct an outreach program that will inform displaced citizens of their socioeconomic and human rights and provide them with a platform for contributing to the development of land tenure and other socioeconomic policies. ZCDT will also conduct a baseline survey of approximately 2,000 residents to determine the socioeconomic impact of the displacements.
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN)
To enhance citizen participation in issues of governance and democracy by providing a forum in which citizens can discuss developments in the electoral process in Zimbabwe. ZESN will conduct a nationwide civic education exercise to energize voters for the urban council elections in 2007 and the presidential elections in 2008. ZESN will also hold ten advocacy meetings with government leaders, opposition leaders, religious organizations, and civil society.
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights)
To ensure that young people in Zimbabwe register and participate as voters in the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for March 2008. ZimRights will conduct a nationwide, youth-focused voter education campaign in each of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. Forty meetings will provide a total of 1,200 young people between the ages of 18 and 30 with comprehensive voter education training and specific information on the procedures required to complete the voter registration process.
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What is Torches and Bonfires about?
The title of this blog comes from the idea that all Christians are called to be a light in this dark world, and together we are able to shine all the more brightly. One Christian is a torch; when we come together in the context of the local church, we form a bonfire. The Christian life was not meant to be lived alone, but in the context of a biblically ordered Christian community. One Christian can stand for God's truth or share the glories of Christ with others, but it is the local church that is the pillar and buttress of truth, the people of God's own possession called to proclaim His excellencies to the world. The purpose of this blog is to provide insights and resources that will help God's Church scattered or gathered better display the glories of Christ to our world.


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Apply for the Great Hearts Scholarship
Grand Canyon University is proud to present a $5,000 per year, $20,000 total tuition credit, to the winner of the GCU Great Hearts Scholarship contest!
High school seniors attending a Great Hearts school may submit a 500-word essay, or a 1-2 minute video or work of art (photo, sculpture, etc.) answering the following:
Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you and explain that influence.
The winner will be chosen March 1, 2014.
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$5,000 per year, for a total of $20,000 total tuition credit.
Requirements: High school senior, student at a Great Hearts school, eligible for admission to GCU
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- All scholarship recipients living off campus - $11,500
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Scholarships may be awarded based on 6th semester transcripts. At the time in which final official transcripts are received, GCU may adjust the scholarship up if it is determined that student is eligible for a higher award. To be eligible, students must meet scholarship requirements. GCU reserves the right to decline scholarship awards for any reason. If a student does not meet the minimum renewal criteria, their scholarship will be forfeited. GCU reserves the right to change scholarship awards at any time without notice.


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Samsung's series 5 Chromebook gets teardown..already
Personally we are more keen on taking the Series 5 for a spin than smashing it open to reveal its insides. But hey whatever takes your fancy. Those who are more prone to can-opening the latest gadgets need look no further than iFixit, who have posted a teardown of the Samsung Series 5 3G Chromebook.
The Series 5 doesn't even arrive until the 24th June and already its interiors have been shown off for all to see. The idea is that the Samsung internals are compared to that of Google's own Cr-48 to see how things have changed.
First major comparison of note is that RAM in the Samsung Series 5 is non upgradeable. That's right, that 2GB of DDR3 RAM is soldered on. Second is that the CR-48 has a removable battery accessible from outside the machine, the Samsung needs to be opened in order to switch things out. The one definite similarity is that both laptops boast a SanDisk 16GB SSD for whatever else you can't fit into Google's somewhat massive cloud.
Power-wise the Samsung managed an extra 512k L2 cache than the Cr-48. iFixit also gave it a meagre 6 out of 10 on the repairs front. So for those who do feel the need to take their tech apart on release, don't expect to be putting the Samsung Series 5 back together particularly easily. The display however is easy to remove, so an accidental smash of the 12.1 inch LED backlit display is not such a major worry.
Breaking up gadgets prior to their release is becoming somewhat of a tradition nowadays. We have the iPad double teardown and those who enjoy smashing technology in shop queues. Stop being so destructive, laptops are our friends....
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How do girls feel when guys grab their a**?
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Sometimes it's all about timing... When you grab her ass, and what kind of mood she's already in.
If you grab it in the kitchen...When she isn't expecting it, and aren't even lookin to get laid... just grabbed it because "it looked so nice... I just had to grab it" and then walk away.. Like into the other room.
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If you guys have been dating for a short time, I don't think its a good idea. But if you guys are in a point where its all confortable, then there's no need to worry. I personally think that sometimes it makes me think he is only for sex. but again it depends on the level of your relationship.
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well I have a girlfriend and I usually grab her butt, then after our date or at the end of the day I ask her bout it and if she says she doesn't mind then go do that alll the heck you want just don't do it in public too much cause it might be a turn off to her if people are watching this going on
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Pick Your Passion this Valentine's Day at The Woodlands Resort
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For some, romance is a 5-course meal and a rare bottle of wine. For others, there's nothing more romantic than sharing a caddy for 18-holes on a bright, sunshiny day. No matter how you spell romance, The Woodlands Resort has the perfect Valentine's Day ready for you. Designed just for Valentine's Day, our 'Pick Your Passion' option lets you personalize your Valentine's Day stay.
The "Valentine's Day Lavished in Love" romance package includes overnight stay for two in deluxe accommodations, champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries upon arrival, turndown service, breakfast in bed with champagne, orange juice and pastries, late checkout, unlimited access to the sauna, steam room, whirlpool, resort's fitness center and Forest Oasis Waterscape™. Pricing for the package starts at $326 per night.
In addition to this package, you may add a Pick Your Passion option.
• Eat – This Pick Your Passion option is a foodie's delight. The add-on includes a decadent Chef Tasting menu prepared by Chef John Brazie with wine pairings chosen by Sommelier Aubram Kerschenbaum. You will also delight in a sensuous dessert in bed to be enjoyed in the privacy of your room.
• Unwind - This Pick Your Passion option is for those that want to get away from it all. You will receive two plush robes to take home and cozy up in while relaxing in the luxury of your room. A gift basket full of spa essentials is included.
• Play – For those that have a love of the greens, this Pick Your Passion option features a round of golf for two at one of the resort's two 18-hole championship golf courses. It also includes his and her golf shirts from the pro shop.
Each Pick Your Passion enhancement is priced at $214. To make a reservation, call 866-361-5674 or visit http://www.woodlandsresort.com. The Woodlands Resort is located at 2301 North Millbend Drive.
Additionally, from 7-10 PM on Valentine's evening, our resort's candle-lit Lobby Bar will resonate with the intimate sounds of Romantic Guitarist Elario Lozano. Guests may indulge in a selection of savory small bites, sure to tantalize the taste buds, while enjoying one of the resort's seductive libation offerings.


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Cable and satellite television viewers don't need to do anything for the switch, but people who pick up their TV signals over the air will have to change how they obtain their signals.
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Letter from Donald Walden
Reading Anna Madsen's review of The Underground Church, by Robin Meyers (Feb. 20), with its trumpet call for a subversive underground movement, has prompted a bit of reflection. Since church bashing in its myriad forms has a 2,000-year history, modern attempts at it (often by professional theologians) can seem a bit tired and stale, as with Meyers's wholesale judgment of believing communities living in "the suffocating security of a safely played faith."
Fortunately, the reviewer with "experience as a rural pastor in a rural state" expressed the needed qualms about bringing grand and noble visions of radical subversion down to little people in little places where they have not yet heard that the "myth" of Christian belief is irrelevant (or worse) to active discipleship.
These supposedly avant-garde prescriptions for the ever-present ills of the church, well written and carefully edited, apparently sell well and no doubt look good on an academic résumé. But how much help are they are to persistent clergy and laity laboring daily in the trenches with ordinary people who get sick, suffer, grieve, die and need caring friendship?
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text: The glamour of Broadway has been a powerful lure for an endless succession of aspiring performers who find their way from small town America to New York City in hopes of making it big. And while some do find success in the big city, for most young actors, it's a struggle to make ends meet as they bounce from audition to audition waiting for a big break which never comes. Competition is fierce and it's a hard life — always has been, always will be. Which is why "A Chorus Line" still hits home, despite the fact it premiered on Broadway almost four decades ago.


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Winooski, VT - The big question for small business owner Chuck Siegel is whether to keep or drop his company's current health insurance plan..
"As it has evolved there has been more and more information and clarification," Siegel said.
Siegel owns RePro, a printing shop in Winooski, and says he's gone to plenty of Vermont Health Connect forums to make that decision.
"Employers need to make that decision with their employees about whether they're continuing to offer coverage or not offer coverage in January," Vermont Health Connect Deputy Comissioner Lindsey Tucker said.
Tucker says employers can drop coverage but they will have to pay into the Health Connect system.
Employees would then buy their health insurance from the health exchange.
She says the small business countdown to coverage will visit every county and go a long way to making sure employers know their options.
"There are lots of complicated pieces but we have really great partners and navigators and also in the broker community who are able to sit down with small business employers and employees and figure out what those coverage options are," tucker said.
Siegel is one of many who have to choose one or the other by the beginning of next year.
"We're going to continue to have a healthcare plan because it wouldn't be fair to the employees cause they'd have to pay after tax dollars which would cost them more money," Siegel said.
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Alright guys, most of you are pretty tech savy.. and I think I trust your opinions, and can expect some level headed opinions here. (Don't make me regret asking! :P) lol
It's that time again to upgrade cell phones.
Any advice?
Below is just setting the stage with a little backstory, and I only focus on the negatives.. so I apologize if it feels like I'm hounding what you like, I'm just not going to list everything I like about both.. (You don't have to read it, just skip to the comments with your opinion if you'd rather.)
** (Also, I'm patient, and am not rushing into last years models.) **
I'm currently using an HTC Rezound; rooted, and running cyanogenmod 10.1. Honestly, as my first Android device (and first smartphone) it left a bad taste in my mouth. Now, understand I'm not blaming Android for this, I'm sure most of the issues are because of the Rezound being just a bad phone itself. (Despite it's specs.)
-It's a tad glitchy,
-The software support is abysmal (this is an Android problem, I understand why, don't bother explaining.. it's an issue regardless of "who's fault it is"… I barely got 1 android update officially),
-The build quality is.. well it isn't the best. (Dust behind screen, terrible stock battery, buttons are flush and terrible.. etc.)
-Not to mention syncing gamepads through bluetooth, that never happened.. and was a main thing I looked forward to on Android.
I had an iPod Touch 2g before, and it was jailbroken since day 1. (Literally looked up how to jailbreak it, and was ready before I even got the device). Frankly, neither OS is "perfect" or "good enough" for me to not want to hack it. I'm fine with doing that. My main, and I mean MAIN problem with iOS.. is I have to use iTunes. Maybe it's better now.. but back when I used to use it.. it was a nightmare on a Windows PC. Couple that with non-expandable memory and the battery being non-replaceable and you see my negatives for iOS devices.
I mainly use my smartphone for: reading books (a lot), reading manga (quite a bit), music (a ton), browsing the internet (rarely), gaming (rarely, though emulation would be neat to try)
Anybody have anything to point out or talk about?
.. about what's great, or not so great, about your device(s)?
I look forward to seeing the opinions of everyone..
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Reading and Learning to Read, 8/e is a highly-popular resource that expertly prepares pre-service and in-service teachers for today's ever-changing literacy classroom with its comprehensive coverage of philosophies, teaching strategies, and assessment practices. In addition, this book focuses on helping teachers implement effective research-based strategies with struggling and diverse learners; presents practical applications that engage students in new literacies and technology applications; and features the International Reading Association 2010 Standards for Reading Professionals. Professors, pre-service and in-service teachers will find this textbook user-friendly in format, design, and writing style; the expert knowledge is comprehensive and understandable.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Knowledge and Beliefs About Reading
Chapter 2 Approaches to Reading Instruction
Chapter 3 Meeting the Literacy Needs of Diverse Learners
Chapter 4 Early Literacy: From Birth to School
Chapter 5 Literacy Instruction for Beginning Readers and Writers
Chapter 6 Assessing Reading Performance
Chapter 7 Word Identification
Chapter 8 Reading Fluency
Chapter 9 Vocabulary Knowledge and Concept Development
Chapter 10 Reading Comprehension
Chapter 11 Reading—Writing Connections
Chapter 12 Bringing Children and Literature Together
Chapter 13 Instructional Materials
Chapter 14 Making the Transition to Content Area Texts
Appendix A Beliefs About Reading Interview
Appendix B Trade Books That Repeat Phonic Elements
Appendix C Annotated Bibliography of Read-Aloud Books for Developing Phonemic Awareness
Appendix D Recommended Books for Multicultural Reading Experiences
Appendix E International Reading Association Standards for Reading Professionals
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The embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in The Gambia recently donated education materials; such as books, novels, maps, pens, pencils amongst others, to the Old Jeshwang Simon Boliva Lower Basic School.
The donation, which formed part of the embassy's continuous assistance to the school, was meant to enhance educational service delivery.
Speaking at the occasion, the Venezuelan ambassador, Lourdes Perez Matinez, expressed delight in donating the materials to the school, which she said would help in enhancing learning and teaching in the said school. She recalled that her diplomatic mission's first assistance to the school was in the form of refurbishment of the school's library. She then affirmed their commitment to do more in the future.
On receiving the materials, the headmistress of the school, Kumba Samba, expressed delight over the gesture, and commended their traditional benefactors for the timely assistance. She said the materials will go a long way in helping the school in its social and academic development.
The school librarian, Fatoumatta Touray, having expressed pleasure at the gesture, assured that the materials will put to good use.


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I am wondering if the USA, as a whole, is more prosperous now that it
was in 2000.
We are told that the GDP has gone up every year. Population
growth has been modest. The published per-capita GDP has gone
up, from $33,000 to $46,000 (as of 1 January 2008). That
seems positive…
From CIA World Factbook, via href="http://indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=us&v=67">Index Mundi:
But we are running a deficit. The USA's
balance was $ -738,600,000,000 in 2007. There has
been substantial href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2008/06/national_infrastructure_protec.php">deterioration
in our infrastructure, which is a sort of depreciation.
The stock market has taken a beating. One blogger
(Ilargi, admittedly a doomer) has estimated that wealth in the USA is
being lost at a rate of href="http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2008/08/debt-rattle-august-11-2008-10-million.html">ten
million dollars per minute.
Major banks have run up at least
hundred billion dollars in losses, just in the subprime part
of the housing bust. That is probably going to exceed one
trillion, likely much more. Plus, there is a href="http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2008/08/subprime-and-alt-the-end-of-one-crisis.html">coming
crisis in alt-A mortgages. Even prime mortgages are href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/08/12/real_estate/prime_defaults_price_drops/index.htm?postversion=2008081206">going
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com ) — Prime mortgages are
starting to default at disturbingly high rates – a development that
threatens to slow any potential housing recovery.
The delinquency rate for prime mortgages worth less than $417,000 was
2.44% in May, compared with 1.38% a year earlier, according to
LoanPerformance, a unit of First American (FAF, Fortune 500) CoreLogic
that compiles and analyzes residential mortgage statistics.
Delinquencies jumped even more for prime loans of more than $417,000,
so-called jumbo loans. They rose to 4.03% of outstanding loans in May,
compared with 1.11% a year earlier…
…Also last month, JP Morgan Chase (JPM, Fortune 500) CEO Jaime Dimon
called prime mortgage performance "terrible" and suggested that losses
connected to prime may triple…
The Afghanistan and Iraq wars are going to keep costing us serious
money, for many years to come.
Our goodwill around the world is in the tank. Hard to put a
price tag on that, but it is a consequential loss, with serious
financial implications.
Consumer spending has declined;
sales are down. href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081202998.html">Eight
US banks have failed this year. Many more href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/27/bank.safety/index.html">are
"Regulators are bracing for 100-200 bank failures
over the next 12-24 months," says Jaret Seiberg, an analyst with the
financial services firm, the Stanford Group.
The FDIC's reserve to insure bank deposits
strained, by the way.
Economists must have a way of putting a price tag on these increased
risks, although I don't know what that method is. Similarly,
there is a cost to climate change, loss of species diversity, and other
environmental problems. I have no idea how big of a cost that
would translate to. Probably no one does. But it is
So if you take the supposed increase in wealth, and subtract all the
losses, the account deficit, depreciation of infrastructure, and
subtract some more for the increased financial risks, the loss of
goodwill, and the environmental damage, the the result positive, or
negative? Are we running the Yankee ingenuity machine as fast
as we can, only to be moving backward?


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This was my first venture out of the garage on 01-01-13 and I couldn't get up the driveway. Now with studded tires, no problem.
The sidecar is a Cozy Rocket sidecar that I found locally on CL here in Fairbanks, AK, last October. The tug is my '83 BMW R100RT airhead. Mounting hardware and subframe from DMC. I'm still working out details such as lights and no sidecar brake and no steering mods.
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How's it handle?
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I only have about 150 miles on it so far but handling is fine. The steering is heavy as you might have guessed but not enough to make me want to change anything. Some had concerns that the car would be too light but with the DMC mounts, the track is pretty wide which may compensate some. With 50 lbs of ballast in the trunk, I can't lift the sidecar wheel at all by yanking on the bars while standing on the left peg. No extra steering stabilizer has been added beyond the stock adjustable one. I'm still learning so I haven't gone above 45 mph. The screw in studs add another variable to the ice and snow covered roads. With snow and ice on our large parking lots, I would start sliding before the sidecar wheel lifts on circles to the right. This was before I added the screw in studs and I haven't tried it since. I'm having fun!
The sidecar frame was beefed up a bit with a new tubular cross member to fit with the rear DMC mounting hardware and the front solid steel shaft was modified to work with their mounting hardware. None of the Cozy universal mounting parts and pieces were used.
Sounds good! ...here's mine.
Ural tub, Lowell Neff subframe, dual brake pedals (rear/hack) and a unit leading link - otherwise pretty much the same, eh?
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RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—If you need further motivation to follow the so-called Mediterranean diet, consider some new, amazing research findings on two of the diet's staples: leafy green vegetables and olive oil. In the study on 30,000 women, researchers found that women who consumed at least one serving of leafy vegetables a day were more than 40 percent less likely to get heart disease over an eight-year period, compared to women who ate two or fewer portions a week. For its part, olive oil provided equally strong heart protection among women who consumed at least three tablespoons of it per day. All in all, these are some good reasons to include some recipes with olive oil and greens in your meal plan.
Though the exact mechanisms behind this protection aren't known, researchers believe that antioxidants in both olive oil and leafy greens, along with the folate and potassium in the greens, play a role.
The study authors don't stipulate that the greens and olive oil need to be eaten together to engender these benefits, but other evidence suggests that recipes with olive oil and leafy greens may offer enhanced health-promoting powers. For example, one study found that people who ate salads with dressings that contained fat (such as olive oil) absorbed more nutrients from the salad than those who ate fat-free dressing. Even reduced-fat salad dressing did better at boosting nutrient absorption than fat-free versions. Given all this, it's clear that including healthy fats like olive oil is a great way to prepare greens, whether you're tossing a crisp table salad or sautéing Swiss chard or spinach.
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Community Sanitation Overview:
The City of Upper Kalskag operates the piped sewer system. The City Council is the policy making board for the utility. As of November 1997, nearly all homes, the school and the store have individual wells with potable water and indoor plumbing. A new piped gravity sewage system with lifts stations, force main and lagoon now serves over 60 households and facilities. The school has requested funds for a new septic tank and leachfield, or connection to the community sewer system. The landfill is located between Upper and Lower Kalskag.
RUBA Status & Activities This Qtr:
On June 9, RUBA staff Elizabeth Manfred, Marita Hanson, Paul Chimiugak and Scott Ruby met with YKHC-RUC staff Karl Powers, Village Operations Deputy, Seth Smith, RUC Manager, and Tommy Tompkins, Project Manager/Accountant, to complete an assessment of management capacity of the City Of Upper Kalskag Sewer utilities. YKHC-RUC presently has a signed Memorandul or Agreement (MOA) with the city transferring maintenance and operations of all sewer services to RUC. YKHC-RUC provided documentation supporting conclusions in this report.
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Essential Indicators
All revenues and expenses for the utility are listed in the utility budget.
The utility has adopted a balanced realistic budget.
Monthly financial reports are prepared and submitted to the policy making board.
The utility is current in paying all water/wastewater electric bills.
The utility has on hand a year's adequate fuel supply or it has a financial plan to purchase an adequate supply.
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources) sufficient to cover operating expenses.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility is receiving revenues (user fees or other sources sufficient to cover operating expenses and Repair & Replacement (R) costs.
YTD revenues are at a level equal to or above those budgeted.
YTD expenditures are at a level equal to or below those budgeted.
A monthly manager's report is prepared.
Budget amendments are completed and adopted as necessary.
Finances Comments
Monthly finance and budget reports are prepared by RUC as two separate documents. RUC prepares and sends out (to the community of a monthly basis) a financial report showing revenues and expenditures for both Upper Kalskag system as well as expenditures for the 'central administration.' This report lists expenses and revenue categories with columns showing 'This Month,' 'Last Month,' and 'Year to Date.' This report does not contain budgets for comparison. The adopted budget report is separate. While it covers the same costs, it uses slightly different descriptions of categories. RUBA staff recommended incorporation of the budget to the monthly report; RUC stated they will work with RUBA to adjust the report format. RUC does not specifically have a line item in the chart of accounts for R/R; however, they do have funds for this purpose included in the annual operating budget. Most sanitation funding and regulatory agencies are recommending that utilities track this item separately. RUC's Accountant agreed to modify the COA to include an R/R line item. The budget process begins with the RUC Manager and Accountant drafting a budget using the previous years actual and next year's projections. Future projects or plans are considered when making the projections. The budget is submitted to YKHC-RUC for board approval. RUC provided a copy of the monthly statement from Alaska Village Electric Coopeartive for the Upper Kalskag utility. RUC pays the utility electric statement promptly and completly each month. Fuel for the utilities is bulk and purchsed bi-annually. the operators self-report fuel consumption. RUC has instigated fuel use efficiency and accountability practices that have substantially lowered consumption and expense in the community.
Accounting Systems
Essential Indicators
The utility has adopted a collection policy and actively follows it.
The utility bills customers on a regular basis.
An accounts receivable system is in place which tracks customers and reports past due accounts and amounts.
An accounts payable system is in place.
The payroll system correctly calculates payroll and keeps records.
A cash receipt system is in place that records incoming money and how it was spent.
The utility has a cash disbursement system that records how money was spent.
Sustainable Indicators
A chart of accounts is used that identifies categories in a reasonable, usable manner.
Monthly bank reconciliations have been completed for all utility accounts.
The utility has a purchasing system that requires approval prior to purchase, and the approval process compares proposed purchases to budgeted amounts.
Accounting Systems Comments
The utility charges flat rates for residential customers. Bills are mailed at the end of each month. Payments of money orders or checks only are sent to a lock box at Wells Fargo who emails a list of daily payments to RUC. Payments of check, cash, money order ro credit card may be paid at the RUC office. A hand written receipt is issued at time of payment. RUC uses QuickBooks Pro for accounting practices. Bills are sent at the end of every month. They are considered overdue if unpaid 20 days later. Thirty days after that, the operators are given a list to place pink door hangers on alerting the customer that service will be shut off in three days. RUC strictly enforces the three day notice with disconnection of service for non-payment. Payment plans are offered, however, the manager noted that many customers do not honor the payment plan. NSF checks are submitted to a collection agency. The chart of accounts for the finance report and budget report do not match. It is recommended that one COA be used in a complete and understandable manner. Through the MOA, RUC has the authority to change customer rates. The manager and accountant make recommendations to the advisory board who votes to support or not. A vote of support is then sent on to the YKHC Board of Directors for action. The utility has a written purchasing system. An operator submits a purchase request to the manager who then submits the request to administration. Adminsitration checks the budget prior to approval. Approving signatures required for the purchase are based on the amount of the purchase request. The higher the amount, the more signatures are required.
Tax Problems
Essential Indicators
The utility has a system to accurately calculate, track, and report payroll tax liabilities.
The utility is current on filing tax reports.
The utility is current on making tax deposits.
If there are any past due tax liabilities or recorded tax liens, a lien release has been issued or a repayment agreement has been signed and repayments are current.
Tax Problems Comments
A signed Tax Information Release Authorization was provided by the YKHC as the utility is an enterprise system included in the YKHC tax payer EIN number. The IRS deemed the taxpayer in compliance with federal employment tax filings, federal tax depositis and reports and noted that no recorded Notice of Federal Tax Lien has been filed. The State DOL office reports the YKHC is in compliance at this time.
Personnel System
Essential Indicators
The utility has a posted workers compensation insurance policy in effect.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted and uses a Personnel Policy, which has been reviewed by an attorney, AML or Commerce for topics and language.
The utility has adequate written job descriptions for all positions.
The utility has adopted and follows a written personnel evaluation process that ties the job description to the evaluation.
The utility has an adequate written hiring process.
The utility has personnel folders on every employee that contain at least: I-9, Job Application and Letter of Acceptance.
The utility has a probationary period for new hires that includes orientation, job training/oversight, and evaluations.
The utility provides training opportunities to staff as needed and available.
Personnel System Comments
The utility has a posted worker's comp policy from Alaska National Insurance Company for February 1, 2006 through February 1, 2007. The insurance covers all empyees fo RUC including the operators in Upper Kalskag. All RUC employees follw the YKHC adopted personnel policy. This policy was reviewed by an attorney. Employees are at-will hires. An evaluation is performed at 90 days and one year from hire. The blank evaluation form is attached to the position description and presented to the employee upon hire. All new hires attend a corporate orientation for 2 1/2 days in Bethel for instruction regarding company policies , procedures, and department specific orientation. On-site training is also provided. Job openings are posted, with job titles and duties in the village for at least a week if the manager deems expediency is necessary. Native hrie and local hire is encourage when possible. Appliations are submitted to YKHC who completes background and reference checks. The personnel policy alos allows temporary hires for short term projects. Training opprtunities are provided when money allows. YKHC presents four classes per year covering water/wastewater related topics. The Remote Maintenance Worker also presents CEU modules on site.
Organizational Management
Essential Indicators
The entity that owns the utility is known; the entity that will operate the utility is set.
The policy making body is active in policy making of the utility.
The policy making body enforces utility policy.
The utility has an adequately trained manager.
The utility has an adequately trained bookkeeper.
The utility has an adequately trained operator or operators.
The utility has adopted the necessary ordinances (or rules and regulations) necessary to give it the authority to operate.
Sustainable Indicators
The utility has adopted an organizational chart that reflects the current structure.
The policy making body meets as required.
The utility complies with the open meeting act for all meetings.
Organizational Management Comments
Upper Kalskag signed a Memorandum of Agreement with YKHC-RUC to operate the utility. YKHC-RUC has an advisory board that meets three times a year to recommend policy and procedures via letters of support to the YKHC Board of Directors. Through the MOA, YKHC has the authority to set rates, ordinances, policies, and procedures for the utility. The RUC Manager is diligent in personally attending city council meeetings of all RUC communities. Recently RUC hired a CPA as project manager/accountant. Mr. Tomplkins is responsibile to oversee the accounting proceudres for all RUC communities. YKHC finance department tracks and issues payroll. The system has received a certificate of public convenience from the RCA. The utility is not required to meet the open meetings act.
Operation of Utility
Essential Indicators
The utility operator(s) are actively working towards necessary certification.
The utility has a preventative maintenance plan developed for the existing sanitation facilities.
Sustainable Indicators
The manager receives a monthly O&M report from the utility operator and routinely "spot checks" the facilities to see that the maintenance items are being completed.
The utility has a safety manual and holds safety meetings.
Utility facilities have not suffered any major problems/outages due to management issues that are unresolved.
The utility is operating at the level of service that was proposed.
The operator provides status reports to the manager on a routine basis.
The utility has completed and distributed its "Consumer Confidence Report".
The utility is not on the "Significant Non-Complier" (SNC) list.
The utility maintains an inventory control list.
The utility maintains a critical spare parts list.
Operation of Utility Comments
Copies of opeartor certification and preventative maintenance plans were submitted and are available upon request. A 'Safety Guidelines for Utility System Opeartor' prepare by Portland Area Indian Health Service O and M Program is provided to all opeartors. Safety training is provided in conjunction with regularly scheduled opeartions training. The utility has not suffered any major problems/outage due to management issues. YKHC/RUC hires summer interns to complete the CCR reports. This summer an additional assignment to the intern will be completion of an inventory control and critical spare parts list. The utility has a large amount of inventory and spare parts on hand and have suffered no loss of service due to lack of parts. With the stable labor force and frequent RMW on-site support, maintenance requirements are minimal. It is however, recommended that a written inventory control and spare parts list be adopted for unforseen repari and maintenance needs.
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