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Police warn of car repair scam
November 19, 2012
South Lake Tahoe police are warning people of the danger of allowing strangers into their homes and getting repair work done by unlicensed and uninsured repairmen after a 89-year-old man was the victim of a possible scam over the weekend.
About 4 p.m. Saturday the man was approached by two men in the South Lake Tahoe Safeway who offered to repair a dent in the man's car for $80 and additional work for another $20, according to a statement from police.
"The senior citizen agreed to it and the men followed the senior citizen to his residence," according to the statement. "The men came into the senior citizen's house and worked on his car in the garage. The repair was of very poor quality and may have just been a ruse to get inside senior citizen's home or just a scam to get some money from him."
The men were described as Hispanics in their 30s. They were driving a full-size white SUV with a rear-lift, gate-type hatch.
Police ask anyone who comes across a similar situation to contact Sgt. Shannon Laney at 530-542-6100.


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Lorde announces North American tour dates
Listen to Lorde on iHeartRadio
New Zealand teen sensation Lorde is bringing her act to North America. The Grammy nominated singer has announced a 15-market tour to begin March 3rd in Austin, Texas and wrap up March 26th in Oakland, California.
Let by her hit single "Royals," Lorde's album Pure Heroine has sold almost half a million copies in the U.S. since its release in September.
Here are the dates for Lorde's North American tour:
March 3 - Austin Music Hall, Austin
March 4 - Southside Ballroom, Dallas
March 5 - Bayou, Houston
March 7 - Echostage, Washington, D.C.
March 8 - Tower Theatre, Philadelphia
March 11-12 - Roseland Ballroom, New York
March 14 - Orpheum, Boston
March 15 - Sound Academy, Toronto
March 16 - Fillmore, Detroit
March 18 - Aragon, Chicago
March 20 - Peabody Opera House, St. Louis
March 21 - Arvest Bank Theatre, Kansas City, Mo.
March 22 - Fillmore Auditorium, Denver
March 24 - WAMU Theater, Seattle
March 26 - Fox, Oakland, Calif.
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02 Dec
Give the Gift of Girl Scouting This Giving Tuesday
Dear Girl Scout Family and Friends:
Give the gift that will help today's girls become tomorrow's leaders. Give the gift of Girl Scouting.
"To me Girl Scouts means fun.
To me Girl scouts means peace.
To me Girl Scouts means having goals
and accomplishing them.
To me girl Scouts means being yourself
and not who anybody else wants you to be!"
-Kionna, 5th Grader
In New York City, we serve nearly 28,000 girls in every zip code of the five boroughs, two-thirds of whom come from low-income homes. We believe that every girl - no matter who she is or where she comes from - deserves to lead with courage, confidence, and character, and to make the world a better place.
The Girl Scouts of Greater New York is proud to be a #GivingTuesday partner, joining the movement to celebrate a day dedicated to giving. As you think about your charitable giving today and throughout this holiday season, please join us in making girls and young women a priority.
Here are key ways the Girl Scouts of Greater New York makes girls a priority:
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math): STEM programs give girls hands-on opportunities to learn about new and emerging fields while encouraging them to explore the world around them.
- Business and Entrepreneurship: Our programs teach girls about Goal Setting, Financial Literacy, People Skills, and Business Ethnics-real-world skills girls needs to succeed.
- Girl Scout Leadership Institute: Launched in partnership with Barnard College's Athena Center for Leadership Studies in summer 2013, this year-long program for high school-aged girls starts with a Retreat at our Girl Scout Camp, a Summer Intensive at Barnard College, and is followed by a School-Year Program focusing on leadership in the workplace, the community, and the world.
- Environmental Leadership: At Girl Scout Camp girls get the opportunity to connect with nature, study botany and biology, and discover themselves through swimming, wall-climbing, and archery.
"The air smells different here. The trees look greener. Even the rain looks different. Everything looks so amazing to me. It's like I'm seeing things and myself in a different light."
-Samantha, on her first visit to our Girl Scout Camp
Every donation counts and every dollar makes a difference.
Your gift of $25 can cover the cost of two girls in our "Cookie University" business-training event; $84 can sponsor a girl in a science program series; $425 subsidizes eco-programming for girls at our Girl Scout Camp. Your gift - of any amount - will help us provide more girls with the tools they need to succeed.
We need your help today. Please GIVE as generously as you are able so we can deliver our leadership development programs to Kionna, Samantha, and even more girls this year. Thank you for your support and kindness, and I offer my warmest wishes for this holiday season.
Yours in Girl Scouting,
Barbara Murphy-Warrington
Chief Executive Officer
Girl Scouts of Greater New York
P.S. Remember that every donation counts, and every dollar makes a difference! Please, GIVE generously today! Thank you!


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Texas Man Has Condition Which Turns Stomach into a Brewery
An East Texas man is suffering from a rare disease which basically turns his digestive system into a brewery, leaving him in a state of constant inebriation.
1200 WOAI's Michael Board has learned of the case, which was identified by researcher Dr. Barbara Cordell at Panola College in Carthage as 'Auto-Brewery Syndrome.'
"It was uncomfortable and it was frightening," she said. "Because he never knew when he was going to be drunk."
The 61 year old man, whose name has not been released, has a very rare disease where his stomach produces a yeast, which has the same impact on the starchy foods that he was digesting as the brewing process, turning his semi-digested food into beer.
"Somehow alcohol was showing up in his blood stream, and they think it was related to this overgrowth of yeast," she said.
The beer would then be absorbed into the man's bloodstream, leaving him, in many cases, legally drunk without him ever swallowing any liquor at all.
The man has been placed on an anti-fungal medication while doctors try to figure out a long term treatment for a condition which is defiantly no party.


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Virginia Tech's Tyrod Taylor Added to Manning Award Watch List
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Returning for his third-year as the starting quarterback for Virginia Tech, senior Tyrod Taylor (official bio) is the latest addition to the Manning Award Watch List. He has directed the Hokies to back-to-back bowl victories - in the Orange Bowl after the 2008 season and the Chick-fil-A Bowl last year. The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, is releasing the Watch List one player per day through its official Facebook and Twitter pages. The award has honored the top quarterback in the nation for the past six years.
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Dear Tax Talk,
My husband, who is a U.S. citizen, has a $400,000 business loan that he invested in a dairy farm limited liability company with nine foreign investors. The business loan interest rate is 5.5 percent payable in 15 years. At the end of the year, the interest credit goes to the dairy farm. I feel like we should get a credit since we are the one paying the loan.
Is there any way we can be credited for the interest we paid? Is it possible to create an individual LLC for the purpose of deductible credits that should be due to us instead of the dairy farm? My husband is also spending our personal money for business purposes, and we give the receipts to the accountant. I am very worried that we might not be able to continue paying for the loan since the dividend was stopped already, and it might take about one year for the farm to recover due to losses and expansion expenses.
Second question: Our adjusted gross income for our jointly filed 2011 tax return was negative because of the carry-over negative income of the dairy farm on 2010. But according to the accountant, my husband earned $31,000 for 2011.
I would like to continue contributing to his Social Security that was stopped since 2008 because of the negative adjusted gross income since he invested in the farm. I am a school nurse earning $20,000 a year. Any advice in regard to our situation will be helpful and highly appreciated.
-- Iris
Dear Iris,
When you say you want to be credited with the interest you pay, I assume you mean you want to deduct it from your taxable income. There is no credit per se for paying interest. If the loan is paid in full by your husband, then it doesn't make sense that the farm would take the deduction for the loan interest. I'm not sure what your accountant advised, but if you were my client and you paid the loan in full each year, you should claim the business loan interest deduction. You wouldn't have to create an LLC to get the deduction. Your interest would be deductible on Page 2 of Schedule E where you report the dairy's income or loss.
With respect to your second question, there is no voluntary way to contribute to Social Security, and even if there were, it probably wouldn't make sense. Remember: In order to receive Social Security benefits, you have to be alive, whereas if you save an equivalent amount in a regular savings account, it will be there even if you're not.
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GSA Employees Join Super Information Highway through Intranet
June 14, 1996
Contact: Bill Bearden
(202) 501-1231
Taking a major step toward making the U.S. General Services Administration a model Federal workplace, acting GSA Administrator David J. Barram marked Flag Day by directing agency employees nationwide onto the information super highway with universal access to the Internet and launching InSite, GSA's new intranet for internal communications.
About 4,500 GSA employees have been using Internet since the fall of 1994 when GSA first launched its Internet home page. Starting today, all employees throughout GSA have access to the Internet and InSite.
At a meeting of GSA's Business Technology Council in April, Barram -- who, as a former executive for Apple Computer Corp. and Hewlett-Packard, is a proponent of expanding information technology in the workplace -- announced his vision of using advanced desktop technology to empower employees to see "the possibilities of a rapidly changing world." It was at that meeting that senior GSA managers agreed with him to make Internet available to all agency employees by Flag Day.
"Using this tool called Internet, companies, governments and individuals around the world are inventing exciting new ways to do their work, improve service to their customers, and communicate with each other," Barram said today. "I believe that use of the Internet will be a key competitiveness factor for GSA in the coming years and that GSA employees must begin to learn how this new resource can change the way we do business."
Internet is known as the global communications network and it is being called by many experts the most promising avenue for business in existence today. Through the use of Internet, companies and government agencies worldwide are finding exciting new ways to serve their customers and communicate with each other.
According to recent studies, few people knew what an intranet was six months ago. Now, if a company is not developing its own or using an intranet to improve corporate communications, it is missing out on a tool that could change the way corporations communicate.
Not every GSA employee will need an individual computer to access InSite. According to Joe M. Thompson, GSA's Chief Information Officer, some employees will have access in libraries, cafeterias and warehouses, and others on the desktop." This is an idea that will cut the cost of doing business, bring our products and services to market faster, and leverage the agency's investments," he said.
GSA was able to develop it's intranet in less than three months because the agency could capitalize on its networking investment which had taken place over the past several years.
"We were ideally situated to build an intranet because all of our regional headquarters, and over 300 additional field locations, are connected to our high-speed wide area backbone network," Thompson said. "Additionally, we had already standardized a common electronic mail platform -- cc:mail -- and had a sophisticated national Lotus Notes network. At the outset of the project a single Internet gateway was in place serving approximately 4,500 users of the Internet's World Wide Web, and providing Internet e-mail access to all of GSA."
Barram said that by beginning this process today, "GSA and all of our employees and customers are getting a jump on the advantages, information, and competitive edge that we all need to make our services the best anywhere."


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Triple-A Yanks still looking for a home
Mets block effort to relocate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to Newark
By Danny Wild / MLB.com | September 28, 2011 11:45 AM ET
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees missed the International League's Sept. 20 deadline of finding a temporary new home for the upcoming season and remain on the hunt as their ballpark in Moosic, Pa., is set to undergo extensive $40 million renovations.
An effort by the New York Yankees and general manager Brian Cashman to move to club to Newark, N.J., this week was thwarted by the Mets, who share territorial rights to the area and blocked Cashman's repeated requests.
The Triple-A Yanks had been rumored to move into a number of potential homes in the area, from nearby Lehigh Valley in Allentown, Pa., to Staten Island, the Yankees' short-season affiliate based a few miles south of Yankee Stadium.
International League president Randy Mobley said he still expects a resolution to be worked out soon.
"It's all still in the works, the league directors put a time frame in place that should get this taken care of in a timely manner," said Mobley. "That's where we are right now. It's on-going, but we expect a resolution sooner rather than later."
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's longtime home in Pennsylvania, PNC Field, will be closed in 2012 -- the renovation will be partly funded by $25 million in state grants along with money from the sale of the club to the Yankees and Mandalay Baseball. The team is currently owned by the Lackawanna County Multi-Purpose Stadium Authority; the sale of the team is believed to be for $14.6 million and would extend the Yankees' lease for another 30 years.
"The only thing that is ruled out that was widely reported last week is Newark," Mobley said. "Everything else is still on the table."
Newark, which houses a struggling independent league club, looked to be a viable option until the Mets denied the Yankees' request.
"I went there, I reviewed the place, a request was made," Cashman told MLB.com. "They have territorial rights that they have a right to invoke. There's nothing more to it."
The Bombers had a Minor League team in Newark from 1932 to 1949, when the Newark Bears boasted young Yankees talents including Yogi Berra. Politicians from the area have expressed their frustration and disappointment in the Mets' decision.
"Getting 6,000 people in there a night would have been huge," Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo told NJ.com, which reported the local politician had worked for over a month to get the Yankees settled into Eagles & Bears Riverfront Stadium. He helped secure an agreement with Cashman.
"It could make a huge impact, I'm not giving up hope yet," Newark Mayor Cory Booker told the website. "It could create a lot of enthusiasm, it could create a lot of economic impact."
Mobley said the discussions with Newark hadn't reached a point where the league was asked to get involved, though.
"It hadn't gotten that far, for the league to consider or take action," he said. "So it didn't get to that point."
Booker has been at the wheel in fighting crime and improving education as Newark, New Jersey's largest city, makes a comeback. The city, a major transit hub for the metro area thanks to its large airport, also hosts the NHL's New Jersey Devils, the NBA's New Jersey Nets and the WNBA's New York Liberty. The area is easily accessible to area residents by train and PATH Train. The Mets, according to NJ.com, denied the Yankees' requests four separate times in fear the club would hurt attendance at Citi Field next year.
"We'll find somewhere for us, rather soon, to play for Triple-A," Cashman said. "That's our responsibility."
Other possible scenarios have included the Yankees playing their home games on a rotating basis between Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse. The nearby Lehigh Valley IronPigs, the Phillies' top affiliate, has also been mentioned due to its proximity to Scranton and its hearty fan base.
Mobley acknowledged those options are still potential solutions, but wouldn't comment on any leading candidates. He said there's "no hard deadline" for the team to find a new home.
Some fans have called for the Triple-A club to share Yankee Stadium, potentially providing city residents with a less expensive ticket inside the mammoth $1.5 billion Bronx facility. Staten Island would be vacant until the New York-Penn League starts up in late June, but would again be subject to territorial approval from the Mets.
"That would require approvals there as well," Mobley said. "We're just waiting on a proposal to see what can happen."
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) today announced that more than 350 leaders from across the State of Arizona will be gathering at the Phoenix Convention Center on October 10, 2013 to celebrate AZBio's 10thanniversary as Arizona's statewide bioindustry association and to recognize the leaders, innovators and companies that are making Arizona one of the fastest growing bioscience states in the nation.
"Over the last decade, Arizona's bioindustry has delivered an aggregate job growth of 45% (2002-2011) and an increase in the number of healthcare and bioscience firms by 31%," shared AZBio President and CEO Joan Koerber-Walker. "This is the result of executives, innovators, researchers, educators, and elected leaders working together to embrace possibilities and collaboratively create a fast growing industry that is creating high wage jobs and addressing some of our greatest challenges: improving health and creating new industries that leverage our natural resources and our steadily increasing collection of internationally recognized talent."
In addition to honoring the hundreds of organizations that have worked together over the last 10 years to create and drive life science innovation in Arizona, the AZBio Awards recognize specific thought leaders and industry leaders for their contributions. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about and gain insights from:
- Thomas M. Grogan, M.D., Founder of Ventana and SVP Medical Affairs at Ventana Medical Systems, Inc., a member of the Roche Group and recipient of the AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement honoree.
- Linda Hunt, President and CEO of Dignity Health Arizona, the 2013 Jon W. McGarity Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year.
- Amanda Grimes of the Mesa Biotechnology Academy in the Mesa Public Schools, recipient of the Michael A. Cusanovich Arizona Bioscience Educator of the Year Award for inspiring students to explore careers in the biosciences.
- Orphan drug pioneer Leslie Boyer, M.D., founding director of the VIPER Institute at The University of Arizona. With her team of international collaborators developed the FDA approved anti-venom for the scorpion's sting.
- John W. Lewis, Mayor of the Town of Gilbert, Arizona recipient of the AZBio Public Service Award for his leadership in attracting and supporting the development of world class research, manufacturing and clinical services in Gilbert.
- The team from Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year – W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Arizona's largest life science employer. The Gore Medical Products Division has provided creative therapeutic solutions to complex medical problems for more than 35 years. During that time, more than 35 million innovative Gore Medical Devices have been implanted, saving and improving the quality of lives worldwide Gore has been granted more than 2,000 patents worldwide ranging from polymer processing to medical devices.
- Dr. Robert Bowser, AZBio Fast Lane Award winner for pioneering new diagnostics for ALS and traumatic brain injury at Iron Horse Diagnostics, Inc.
- Dr. Garrett Smith, co-founder of Nasseo, Inc., the Fast Lane Award winning company that has developed the FDA approved TiArray™ Dental Implant.
- Jeff Martin, CEO of Fast Lane Award winner Yulex Corporation and the team that delivers Yulex's Guayule BioRubber Emulsions and BioRubber Solids that have medical, consumer, and industrial applications to grow an increasingly diverse market community with ultra-pure, high-performance products.
- And executives from Algae Biosciences, Ventana, Pfizer, Genentech, EY, Northern Arizona University/TGen North, Regenesis Biomedical, Ulthera, VWR, and NACET.
The 8th Annual AZBio Awards will be held Thursday, October 10, 2013 at the Phoenix Convention Center. In addition to the Gala Awards Luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the VWR Company Showcase and Student Discovery Showcase sponsored by NAU will highlight the work of Arizona's current and future life science leaders from 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and again from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. so that attendees can see the work being done across the industry and interact with the leaders and future leaders who are driving bioindustry innovation. The event is open to the public and tickets are available for purchase at AZBioAwards.com.
"Almost 100,000 Arizonans are embracing possibilities every day across Arizona's healthcare and life science sector. Through their efforts, we are making life better here at home and around the world by discovering, developing, and delivering life science innovations," added Koerber-Walker. "AZBio is honored to have the opportunity to work with them and to bring so many of our leaders together in one place on one day so our community can meet them and learn about them too."


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I never had this problem using OpenVAS.
But start here:
While running a few test scans on my network with OpenVAS i got error messages stating that it did not know the paths for Nikto and W3AF that look like this:
"Reported by NVT "w3af (NASL wrapper)" (220.127.116.11.4.1.25618.104.22.168109):
w3af could not be found in your system path.
OpenVAS was unable to execute w3af and to perform the scan you
Please make sure that w3af is installed and that w3af_console is
available in the PATH variable defined for your environment."
I tried searching google for the error to no avail, has anyone run into this? How does one resolve this?
I never had this problem using OpenVAS.
But start here:
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.


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Regular bike maintenance is really important to keep your bike in top condition; it's recommended that it's done every 4-6 months. The gears, wheels, brakes and general wear and tear are the most important things to check.
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Regular bike servicing fine tunes performance and protects the bike so it should last you for years. It's important these checks are done every 6 weeks and a service every six months.
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Just use our handy ordering service and we can order in whatever bike accessory or part you're after. We have exclusive access to many leading brands in the cycle world, so if you want something we don't stock just let us know! We can order it in for you with 48 hrs, we can even fit the part for you too.More Info
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Get yourself the perfect saddle and seat post and you'll be grinning from ear to ear, as cycling can be a bit uncomfortable without a quality place to rest your bum.
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From plush and wide MTB saddles to those Selle Italia aerodynamic skinny ones for Road Bikes that sure won't slow you down, there's something to suit everyone.
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text: Italy has operated an APA programme since 2004. In 2010 the Italian Revenue Agency issued statistics up to 31 December 2009. These statistics have recently been updated in a further bulletin issued on 20 March 2013 illustrating the total programme life. They show the APA programme gathering momentum and finding increasing acceptance, with a total of 56 APAs agreed at 31 December 2012 and 54 applications still in process. From 2010 Italy has been prepared to accept applications for bilateral or multilateral APAs, and these represent about 25% of the applications made in each of 2011 and 2012. All taxpayers with APAs that have reached expiry have requested a renewal, indicating overall satisfaction with the programme.


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WASHINGTON – The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundation is accepting research proposals for the Interior Design Research Grant Program now through November 15, 2010. The grant is open to design professionals, clients, scientists and educators and will award three grants of up to $35,000 each. Research proposals on "how interior design impacts human behavior" are being accepted.
"The Interior Design Research Grant Program is a great gift to the industry and it couldn't come at a better time," says Penny Bonda, FASID. "The influx of new research will provide us more insight into the power of interior design, and the science behind it."
The ASID Foundation is seeking research proposals that have practical applications for both interior designers and their clients, yet reach beyond proposals of basic research, historic research of literature reviews. The length of the ideal project is one to two years, and the grant can be used as the startup funds of a larger project.
Visit www.asidfoundation.org for more information and to download the RFP.
About ASID
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) is a community of people—designers, industry representatives, educators and students—committed to interior design. Through education, knowledge sharing, advocacy, community building and outreach, the Society strives to advance the interior design profession and, in the process, to demonstrate and celebrate the power of design to positively change people's lives. Its more than 36,000 members engage in a variety of professional programs and activities through a network of 48 chapters throughout the United States and Canada. Visit www.asid.org to learn more.
About ASID Foundation
The ASID Foundation supports endeavors that capture and disseminate knowledge, encourage innovation, and benefit the health safety, and welfare of the public through interior design research, scholarships and education. The Foundation's initiatives include CIDA's Accreditation Process Review, REGREEN, a collaborative project with the U.S. Green Building Council, and Rebuilding Together and their Veteran's Housing Initiative, which rehabilitates the homes of low-income active and retired members of the military. Learn more at www.asidfoundation.org.


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"...The Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall serve as the Suitability and Credentialing Agent..." ~Executive Order 13467, as amended
"...primary executive branch service provider for background investigations..." ~Executive Order 13467, as amended
Visit this federal site to search for our regulatory notices, proposed and final rules.
See the latest tweets on our Twitter feed, like our Facebook pages, watch our YouTube videos, and page through our Flickr photos.
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Subpart A Scope
731.101 Purpose
731.102 Implementation
731.103 Delegation to agencies
731.104 Appointments subject to investigation
Previously part of the "Jurisdiction" section (731.301 in prior regs), along with new section on "Authority to take suitability actions" (731.105 in current regs).
731.105 Authority to take suitability actions
Previously part of the "Jurisdiction" section (731.301 in prior regs), along with new section on "Appointments subject to investigation" (731.104 in current regs).
731.106 Designation of public trust positions and investigative requirements
Previously at 731.302.
Subpart B Suitability Determinations
731.201 Standard
Minor wording changes.
731.202 Criteria
Misconduct and negligence in employment "prior" deleted, and specific nexus language taken out to avoid redundancy with additional considerations
731.203 Actions by OPM and other agencies
Previously at 731.303.
731.204 Debarment by OPM
Previously at 731.304.
731.205 Debarment by agencies
New section. Agencies may impose up to 1 year debarment within their agency and must enforce bar.
Subpart C Suitability Rating Actions
(Now split between A and B)
731.301 Jurisdiction
New sections created to more adequately differentiate between the two different concepts previously part of the "Jurisdiction" section. See notes above.
731.302 Risk designation and investigative requirements
See notes above.
731.303 Actions by OPM and other agencies
731.304 Debarment
731.204 Debarment by OPM
731.205 Debarment by agencies
Subpart D Suitability Actions
Subpart C OPM Suitability Action Procedures
731.401 Scope
731.301 Scope
731.402 Notice of proposed action
731.302 Notice of proposed action
Some reorganization/simplification in wording. No material changes.
731.403 Answer
731.303 Answer
No material changes.
731.404 Decision
731.304 Decision
Date employing agency is required to remove changed from 30 days following the date of the decision to within 5 days of receipt of final decision.
Subpart D Agency Suitability Action Procedures
New subpart. Added to provide specific procedures to follow in agency suitability actions.
No specific time for response cited (must give reasonable notice and notify of time limits for response). Still required to give notice in writing, chance to get materials relied upon, state specific reasons for decision.
Respondent may answer in writing and provide affidavits.
Decision must be in writing and may be appealed. Appointee removal within 5 days of the final decision.
Subpart E Appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board
731.501 Appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board
Added that MSPB must affirm decision if one or more of the charges are sustained but may remand to determine if action taken is still appropriate if not all charges are sustained. No further appeal after remand.
Subpart F Reemployment Eligibility
731.601 Reemployment eligibility of certain former Federal employees
Entire Subpart deleted. Since agencies are delegated authority to determine suitability in most cases, no longer makes sense to have OPM re-determine suitability.
SubpartF Savings Provision
Subpart E Savings Provision
731.701 Savings provision
731.601 Savings provision
Follow prior regulations in any case in which a proposed action letter has been sent before implementation date of new regulations.
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Jim Tressel Offered YSU Presidency
(Youngstown) - Trustees at Youngstown State University have offered the position of University president to former Ohio State University head football coach Jim Tressel. Friday morning's vote was unanimous.
Tressel, who was head coach for YSU's Penguins before heading to Ohio State, was passed over Thursday for the president's job at the University of Akron, where he is an administrator.
Tressel Tweeted his reponse:
Excited about the opportunity at YSU! It's all about student success. Going to miss all the wonderful Zips at UA.
— Jim Tressel (@JimTressel5) May 9, 2014
Members of the YSU Board of Trustees will work with Tressel on the specifics of his contract.
He had been recommended by a faculty panel at YSU. Community leaders in the Youngstown area had pushed for Tressel to be considered, and he eventually formally applied for the job.
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Las Piedras - Casa de Campo is a detached holiday home set in General Belgrano in the Buenos Aires Province Region and is 43 km from San Miguel del Monte. Guests benefit from free WiFi and private parking available on site. The kitchen is fitted with an oven and a microwave. A TV is featured. There is a private bathroom with a bath and bidet. Free use of bicycles is available at the property and the area is popular for horse riding. more
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By the time someone confronted Seattle-based Stoneway Concrete and Greg McKinnon, its quality assurance and marketing manager, about the company's unorthodox flowable-fill production process, they were way beyond the most common problems with producing flowable fill and were solving contractors' problems profitably.
The process Stoneway used aroused skepticism even among its foaming agent supplier. Ignoring the supplier's instructions, Stoneway was modifying one of its geotechnical foaming agents and truck-batching the new concoction to generate foam. Instead of using a foam generator, Stoneway used its truck mixers' rotation to impart a high air content to the materials in the drum to produce low-density fill.
Stoneway's experimentation led to a new product designed to make flowable fill a viable market for producers. Stoneway's foaming agent supplier, Cellular Concrete LLC, now offers a new foaming agent that, like Stoneway's home recipe, generates an aggressive foaming action in a mixer drum. The foam bubbles provide fluidity without excess water, and, best of all for the producer, don't weigh anything.
Two problems are common in placing flowable fill around soldier piles for buildings, common projects Stoneway supplies.
Excavation of some of the fill is necessary. Testing often showed compressive strengths high enough to make excavation difficult, to say the least.
Density control is another problem. In "standard" flowable fill, heavy materials would sink to the bottom and force water up, often giving the material compressive strengths of more than 500 psi at the bottom of the hole and lower strengths toward the top.
Flowable fill also presents trucking challenges: the producer may not be able to batch enough to justify the use of trucks, and possible spillage of such a fluid material is always a concern. For these reasons, Stoneway and Cellular Concrete designed a controlled-density-fill mix using the manufacturer's new product, and Stoneway branded the mix Stoneflow. The driver dispenses the agent into the drum once onsite, and turns the drum at mixing speed for 5 minutes. McKinnon reports that by the time the drum stops turning, the fill's air content is between 25% and 30%, and slump increases from 1 1/2 inches to 8 or 9 inches. The slippery property of the cement-coated air bubbles produced by the foaming action is the key factor in increasing the slump.
Although compressive strength is not the ideal way to measure the material's service properties, McKinnon notes that it is a measurement with which engineers are familiar. Typical compressive strength for Stoneflow is well within the 300-psi limit for future excavatability as recommended in ACI 229, "Controlled Low-Strength Materials."
McKinnon can maximize payload on his mixers, which can haul 12 cubic yards by volume. When the foaming process is completed at the jobsite, the drum still holds 10 yards by weight but 12 yards by volume because the foam doesn't weigh anything.
A major reason for the reduced weight is a lower sand content. Stoneway also reduces costs by reducing or replacing fly ash with the foaming agent on projects that require only sand and cement mixes.
"The reality is, we can keep the same price, increase our profit margins, solve their problem, which is already costing them money, and everybody wins," McKinnon says.


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THE Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance has said its fourth annual Coast to Coast (C2C) Cycle Challenge is now fully booked for 2014.
The event, which is not designed as a race, involves cycling through some of Dorset and Somerset's most beautiful countryside, and takes place on Sunday, May 18.
With only 600 places available and demand expected to be high, it was no surprise that within three weeks of the charity announcing on-line registration open all the places had been filled.
Last year's event saw cyclists of all ages and abilities take part, raising over £60,000 for the air ambulance.
The Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge offers two different routes and distances.
With a mixture of quiet back roads, interspersed with demanding climbs and equally hairy descents, the event has something to offer for everyone.
The 54-mile cycle starts in Watchet and finishes at West Bay, near Bridport, while a shorter 11-mile route begins at Drimpton in Dorset and also finishes at West Bay.
Air Ambulance chief executive Bill Sivewright said: "Our Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge is currently the only fundraising event we organise in-house.
"We restrict the numbers to 600 cyclists to keep the event as safe as possible, but also to encourage all standards of cyclists to take part without fear of being overcrowded.
"We're really looking forward to this year's event, and hope everyone who has entered will encourage their family and friends to sponsor them in a bid to raise as much as possible and make this the best Coast to Coast Cycle Challenge yet."
- As well as sponsorship of the cyclists, the Air Ambulance has set up two other ways in which donations can be made in support of the event. These can be made online via the charity's website – www.dsairambulance.org.uk – or by texting COAS04 £10 to 70070


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Despite Admitted GOP Strategy Of Partisanship, Washington Post Blames Democrats
Was today's Washington Post ghostwritten by the RNC press shop? Based on all the unsupported -- and unsupportable -- suggestions of excessive Democratic partisanship, it sure looks like it.
Let's start with Shailagh Murray's portrayal [1] of Democrats of being newcomers to bipartisanship:
Never mind that Democrats didn't pass a health care reform package that created a single payer system, or even one that included a public option, but rather passed a package that reflected longtime Republican health care priorities, like an individual mandate. To the Washington Post, the fact that Republicans voted against a plan chock-full of ideas they had long advocated means the Democrats weren't behaving in a bipartisan manner. And never mind that the Democrats passed a stimulus that was significantly smaller, and more tax-cut laden, than many economists, from Nobel Prize-winner Paul Krugman to Christina Romer, thought was necessary -- and did so in an effort to win Republican support. To the Washington Post, the fact that Republicans almost unanimously opposed it despite those concessions means the Democrats weren't behaving in a bipartisan manner.
Murray's Post article asserts:
Many voters thought Democrats had overreached and were governing by fiat, and they responded in November by giving Republicans control of the House and narrowing the Democratic hold on the Senate.
Really? I've never seen polling demonstrating that widespread anger at Democrats for "governing by fiat" was key to the GOP's electoral gains last November, and I strongly suspect the Washington Post hasn't, either. Meanwhile, there are plenty of indications that a poor economy had far more to do with Democratic losses than a perception of "governing by fiats" -- but that doesn't fit into the Post's neat little storyline about Democratic overreach. Indeed, given that the 2009 stimulus package was smaller than many economists thought it should be, attributing last fall's election outcomes largely to the state of the economy would directly undermine the Post's storyline -- and might even suggest that Democrats suffered politically because they were too solicitous of Republicans. But instead of changing their narrative to fit reality, the Post makes up an alternate universe in which fiats weighed more heavily on the minds of voters than did jobs.
Next, let's take a look at Chris Cillizza's "Ten members to watch in the 112th Congress [2]":
North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad (D): Conrad watched as Sen. Byron Dorgan (D) retired and former Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D) were defeated in the last cycle -- and now must decide whether or not to run again in his own right in 2012. If Conrad, the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, does decide to retire, it could actually help the chances of a bipartisan budget deal as he would be less concerned about the political fallout from any compromise.
Again, the idea that recent lack of agreement by the two parties on fiscal measures is a result of excessive partisanship by Kent Conrad is absurd. On the biggest legislative items of the last Congress -- things like health care and the stimulus, the very things Republicans and journalists invoke as evidence of Democratic partisanship -- Democrats again and again made concessions in an attempt to win Republican support, and Republicans refused that support anyway. It was the GOP's entire legislative and political strategy. Don't take my word for it: Mitch McConnell has explicitly said [3] it was the Republicans' approach. He has bragged about it. Here's McConnell [4]:
"We worked very hard to keep our fingerprints off of these proposals," McConnell says. "Because we thought—correctly, I think—that the only way the American people would know that a great debate was going on was if the measures were not bipartisan. When you hang the 'bipartisan' tag on something, the perception is that differences have been worked out, and there's a broad agreement that that's the way forward."
In light of the fact that Republicans like Mitch McConnell have explicitly said that they pursued a strategy of opposing everything the Democrats did, specifically so nothing could be called "bipartisan," it's simply dishonest to blame Democrats for insufficient bipartisanship.
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Virginia Union jumpstarted the game as Andre Kates returned the opening kickoff 87 yards to the
The Tornados, though, answered with a touchdown on the following drive. Brevard took 12 plays to drive 70 yards for the score, capped off by a 10-yard touchdown run by Jordan Ollis. The Panthers retained a 7-6 lead after Ben Noboa missed the PAT attempt.
Ollis rushed for 50 yards to lead the Tornados, who rushed for 156 yards as a team. Derek Church rushed for 42 yards on eight carries before leaving the game with an injury in the first quarter.
After the BC defense forced a three-and-out on the next drive, the Tornados got the ball at their own 23 yard line. Ty Jeter fumbled a pitch from quarterback Aaron Reese on the first play of the drive, which Virginia Union's Dominique Anderson recovered at the BC 19.
Virginia Union had an opportunity to extend their lead in the second quarter after a 68-yard drive put the Panthers at the BC 12-yard line, but a 27-yard field goal attempt by Andrew Velazquez missed wide right.
Velazquez would eventually give the Panthers a 17-6 lead, connecting for a 37-yard field goal with 2:06 remaining in the first half.
Overholt returned the ensuing kickoff 17 yards to the BC 21, giving Reese and the Brevard offense an opportunity to test their two-minute offense. Reese and wide receiver Eric Watts connected for 51 yards on the six-play drive that culminated in a Reese-to-Watts 22-yard touchdown pass with :09 remaining in the half.
The extra point made it a 17-14 lead for the Panthers going into halftime.
BC wasn't able to get much going offensively in the second half, and punted after failing to convert a 3rd and 3 at their own 47 to open the half.
Washington scored his fourth and final touchdown on a two-yard run at the 13:41 mark in the 4th quarter, finishing an 87-yard drive to give the Panthers a 31-14 lead.
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Hi Jean,
I'll do the German translation.
Am 28.09.2004 um 19:03 schrieb Jean Everson Martina:
> Hi all,
> As I promised I was working in an internationalization patch for
> m0n0wall. I almost finished this. What I have until now is:
> - Changed the php to have gettext support. It introduced a litle more
> libraries in the system, and a 1MB space, but everything fits on the
> originall image size of m0n0. (no memory problemas were created. still
> running on wrap)
> - I changed EVERY string in the webGUI to use gettext _() function.
> But I didn't care about things like languages that uses other writing
> orientation (asian ones).
> - I generated a messages.po with the strings and I started to
> translate to Brazilian Portuguese. I'm looking for people to translate
> to their native languages
> (http://www.inf.ufsc.br/~everson/m0n0wall/messages.po).
> - I created a /locale directory, to have all translations in there.
> Every translations is almost 100K large. My first focues it to have it
> translate to at least 5 more languages than English and Brazilian
> Portuguese.
> - I'm almost finishing a patch in System.php to let the user choose
> the language they want, and of course save it in config.xml.
> What I'm planning to do:
> - As I did the translation on m0n0wal 1.1, I will need soon to have
> another patch to m0n0 1.2. I patched the beta, and everything is ok,
> but I think that some new strigs were introduced, so I will have to
> test it before release it.
> - As Manuel said that the translations is not an important issue and
> that it will not be mantained in m0n0 main distribution(development
> problemas), as I'm having more pot files, I will release images in all
> formats m0n0 do to people that want use it. It will be m0n0, with just
> the internationalization patch.
> - I will also planning to have a homepage for my m0n0 patches. and
> this images will be released there very soon. I will publish here when
> I have it done.
> For people that are interested in translate the pot file, please keep
> me informed, so we will not waste time doing things twice.
> Jean


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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin practiced Wednesday for the first time since his Week 3 hamstring injury. After a promising Week 1 which he saw 12 targets and 10 receptions for 72 yards, Austin hardly contributed in the following games.
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Dallas got a huge contribution from WR Terrance Williams last week. The rookie caught all four of his targets for 151 yards and a score. That averages out to 37.8 yards per play. For comparison, Austin has only one reception that went for more than 40 yards since Week 1 of 2012. Williams is a great add in deeper formats since Austin can't seem to stay healthy for more than a week or so at a time. Dez Bryant continues to be biggest beneficiary as most of the offense travels through him.


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text: In the water I admire the people who respect the authority of locals and give way to the more experienced in the line up especially during the summer and fall months. Most of the time when I am out at one of my usual spots I see a lot of new faces that aren't very good but still they try their hardest to improve their surfing. Although working to improve your surfing is good it is also very annoying when you have multiple new faces trying to take your wave without having the ability to pump properly, snap, bottom turn, etc. Most of the time when the waves are mushy the crowds don't get on my nerves but when the bigger waves come through it seems that the amount of beginner surfers rises astronomically and makes for a crowded inexperienced line up. This angers me because as a Local to most Southern Rhode Island surf spots I see a lot of this and I get really angry and bothered when I get snaked or dropped in on by one of these kooks. I support "Localism" and I think that beginners should be aware that we all learned sometime and if your not good enough rip the bigger and better waves then stay out of the line up and wait for a waist high day to come along where you can practice at one of the maybe 10 different peaks along the beach. And until your good enough to surf with the more advanced you should stay out of the water and maybe invest in a nice new camera along with a new beach chair. Does anyone agree?


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16th July 2012 02:25 AM #1
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Should I go for disposable nappies or washable ones?
Hi everyone,
I have a sister who believes that using washable nappies are more hygienic and less risky than using disposable ones. My other sister, who is about to give birth next month believes that disposable ones, especially those that are trusted brands, give more comfort to babies. Although I use both. I believe that these nappies both have good and bad sides.
What do you think?
Would be glad to hear about your opinions.
18th July 2012 10:51 PM #2
Hi MumO'Three,
Thank you for your question. It's an interesting post as I am wondering about using real nappies with my next baby.
We used disposables with my son, mainly for convenience. However, I believe it will be cheaper to use real nappies (especially if you use then on multiple children and you can often purchase them second hand). I also believe real nappies can be more comfortable for babies. Disadvantages of real nappies are: having to do the washing more frequently and having to carry a dirty/wet nappy around with you when you are out. Some people prefer real nappies because they are more environmentally friendly.
However, I don't think there is a huge difference in the comfort of these types of nappies. I'm not sure what risk with disposable nappies your sister means? I don't believe there is any evidence one nappy type is more likely to lead to infections.
One reason I went for disposable nappies with my son is that they are easier to get used to putting on etc. Plus, with having my first baby I didn't want to worry about extra washing etc. But for the next baby I am thinking of getting some real nappies to use with my toddler and practising so I know what I am doing when it comes to my newborn! Oh, one more disadvantage of real nappies is the bigger cost upfront (but they are overall cheaper unless you do lots of tumble drying).
I'll be interested to read other mums opinions on this because, as I say, I only have personal experience with the disposable nappies, so far.....
Best wishes,
18th November 2012 10:04 AM #3
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With my first baby, Grandpa and Grandma offered to pay for nappy service, so I went that direction because I liked the idea of having cloth against my baby's skin. The benefit to this was that when she started breastfeeding, she wasn't latching well and wasn't drinking enough. Once I learned how to better latch her on, I then had to count wet nappies to be sure she was getting enough. Counting wet nappies is a lot harder with disposable nappies than it is with cloth.
But at 5 months of age, my daughter started to get nappies rash, and I realized that the disposable nappies would keep her drier and would also eliminate nappy rash. So I switched and was thrilled with the convenience factor.
With my 2nd baby I decided to go with a nappy service for the first month, so I could easily count wet nappies if needed. Then we switched to disposables.
With babies 3, 4 and 5, I never had them in cloth nappies. Just went with disposable from the beginning (all breastfeeding issues had resolved after baby #1).
Some mums LOVE cloth nappies - they love choosing the covers (or making the covers), they love the challenge of cleaning them, and they love the savings. Cloth nappies have come a long way since I tried them with my youngest children about 20 years ago. You can now get "all in one" nappies that just snap on. No nappy pins needed.
I had a friend who told me she would reduce landfill by recycling in other areas because she loved the convenience factor of the disposable nappies.
It's fund to research and make a decision for your personal situation. Here's a video with a little information about cloth vs. disposable nappies.
Warm Regards,
18th November 2012 04:58 PM #4
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I do not know if they are necessarily more hygienic, but I am one of those mums who really likes cloth nappies.
They save money, I think they are probably more comfortable on the baby's bottom, they are cute, and they often facilitate earlier lu training.
Of course, disposable nappies are convenient and reliable. Many of the newer ones are very absorbent and relatively comfortable, allergen-free.
SO I think both can be a great options, for different reasons. As a result, parents should choose what they are most comfortable using. A combination of both is a very good, economical, and eco-friendly compromise.


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A West Australian mining company is planning to trial underground coal gasification (UCG) in the same southern Queensland town where another UCG project was forced to shut down because of a water contamination scare.
The Kingaroy community is now horrified to learn another mining company plans to trial UCG, the burning of coal underground to create a gas that is piped to the surface, within kilometres of the town.
Mr Karajas said this was subject to shareholder approval and the lifting of the Queensland government's moratorium on new UCG projects since the water contamination scare. He said he believed the technology was safe and won't affect ground water.
"Any waters produced during the underground coal gasification process would be limited around the coal seams and there wouldn't be much communication with other ground water in the area," Mr Karajas said.
"It's my sincere belief that UCG is a better way for power generation than digging up coal and burning it.
"It probably has less of a carcinogenic effect than burning coal at power stations."
A spokesman for Natural Resources Minister Stephen Robertson said no other UCG trials were being considered until the industry was proven to be viable.
Red River Resources's website says the Kingaroy area was unlikely to be declared "off-limits" for further UCG trials beyond 2012-13.
There are a total of three pilot plants, including Cougar Energy's plant. Linc Energy and Carbon Energy run two other UCG projects near Chinchilla.
The Kingaroy Concerned Citizens Group spokesman John Dalton said the technology was filthy and should be banned.
"After only a few tonnes of coal were burnt at the Cougar plant levels of benzene reached the maximum allowable levels for drinking water," Mr Dalton said. "Imagine the impact if the plant burnt the 20,000 tonnes of coal allowed in its permit."
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Security Council: Statement by Ambassador Thoms on Women, Peace and Security
(Statement as prepared for delivery by Ambassador Thoms in an Open Debate of the Security Council on Women, Peace and Security)
"Mr. President,
At the outset, I would like to thank Azerbaijan, as the presidency of the Security Council, for having organized today's Open Debate.
My thanks also go to the Secretary General, Ms Pillay and Ms Balipou for their very insightful briefings. I congratulate Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka on her appointment and I thank her for her first briefing at the Security Council.
Germany aligns itself with the statement delivered by the European Union.
Germany welcomes the detailed analysis of the Secretary General's report, which identifies many achievements in the women, peace and security agenda in the past years. We also share the concerns addressed in the report, such as an increasing focus of the international community on women as victims of armed conflict instead of focusing on their role as actors in peace processes and agents of change in all spheres of society.
We therefore welcome that resolution 2122 adopted earlier today emphasizes the positive role that women can and will play, if they are fully included in all aspects of conflict prevention and peace building. The potential of women in building sustainable peace cannot be underestimated, nor can the imminent problems for post-conflict societies if those who bear the burden of reconstruction on the ground are not fully included in decision-making.
We should ask ourselves, what more member states and the United Nations could do to ensure an implementation of the full agenda as laid out in Resolution 1325. Let me make a few suggestions.
First, transitional justice and the rule of law are crucial elements for the prevention and solution of conflicts. We therefore very much welcome the theme of today's debate, which emphasizes the importance of gender-sensitive systems. Women need to be part of all truth and justice commissions and women's concerns need to be addressed in these fact-finding bodies. At the same time, perpetrators of violence, crimes and human rights violations need to be held accountable for their actions. This is the most promising way to promote lasting reconciliation. Germany has supported several projects in Rwanda and Burundi to train female police officers on the prevention and investigation of sexual and gender-based violence. In Cambodia and Uganda, Germany has supported the access of women to the justice system through legal and psycho-social counseling.
Second, forty-three countries have adopted National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security. This is an important first step. However, any progress on the ground depends on the political will to abide by these commitments. The German National Action Plan, which was adopted last year, covers the four focus areas set out in Resolution 1325 and additionally includes the areas of preparation for peace missions and prosecution of crimes, . The implementation of this Action Plan is monitored by an Inter-ministerial Working Group in collaboration with representatives from civil society. German diplomatic missions abroad have been instructed to support the implementation of Resolution 1325, for example by advocating for the inclusion of women in local crisis prevention, conflict management and post-conflict peace-building or by supporting gender-sensitive projects on the ground.
Third, the Security Council for its part should start to systematically mainstream women issues in all relevant spheres of its work. Whenever the Security Council is mandating or renewing UN missions or requesting briefings from Envoys and Special Representatives women, peace and security should be a central part of all considerations. We welcome that the resolution adopted today contains provisions addressing this.
Fourth, Women Protection Advisors play a central role in monitoring and reporting to the Council, training mission personnel on preventing and responding to sexual violence – and in engaging in dialogue with conflict parties. Although we welcome that Women Protection Advisers have been deployed to the Missions in South Sudan and Mali, the remaining WPAs in MONUSCO, UNOCI and UNAMID, which were already mandated by the Council, should also be deployed as rapidly as possible, and where necessary, be included in mission budgets.
Germany will continue its support to UN Women and all other relevant actors, including civil society organizations, to ensure that women's roles and their important contribution in conflict resolution and peace building are adequately taken into account.
Thank you, Mr Chair."


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(Columbus) - The Ohio Association of Realtors reports that the number of single-family homes and condominiums put under agreement in July rose for the 27th consecutive month compared to the results from the prior year.
"The continued uptick in homes put under contract in July is another step forward in our ongoing effort to rebuild a solid, stable housing marketplace throughout ohio," said OAR President Thomas Williams.
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Season 3 of SOA starts in America at the beginning of September. So, not long to wait!
We also have TUF, Castle, Dexter and The Mentalist starting again in September.
Boardwalk Empire is starting in September as well, which looks pretty good.
It is shaping up to be a good month.
Anyone who likes The Sopranos, The Shield and The Wire will really appreciate Sons of Anarchy.
It's hard to find one truly sympathetic character as they're nearly all selfish, nasty and homicidal, but somehow you really care about what happens to the main characters
Any opinions I express on this forum are entirely personal opinions and it should not be assumed that they reflect the official view of any organisations I am connected with
SAMCRO is the way forward ! Awesome TV show.
Although I still cant get it out of my head that the Mayor of Baltimore in The Wire used to bum Jax, Vice Pres of SAMCRO, when they were in Queer As Folk together . Its just too weird.
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Gonzaga's School of Nursing and Human Physiology offers a Bachelor of Science in Human Physiology.
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- MATH 147 Pre-calculus
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What, When, Where: Michigan plays host to Iowa. Kickoff is scheduled for 11:01 am CT Saturday, Nov. 17, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.
TV: ESPN will carry the game to a national audience with Dave Pasch, Brian Griese and Jenn Brown calling the action.
Point Spread: As of Wednesday afternoon, the number and total were off of the board, presumedly because of Denard Robinson's unknown health status.
Update - The Mirage in Las Vegas had Iowa as a 17-point underdog. That number shows little faith in a Hawkeye program that often has a fourth shot in the fourth quarter no matter who is the opponent. That Casino also posts the total what will be scored by both teams at 46.5.
Iowa Trend: The Hawkeyes are 2-11 Against the Spread in their last 13 road games.
Michigan Trend: The Wolverines are 4-0 ATS vs. a team with a losing record.
Prediction: Despite their not being a betting line as of the writing of this preview, trust that Michigan is the favorite…and a damn heavy one. The previous sentence was for readers who don't follow the Big Ten.
Iowa limps into the contest with a 4-6 record and dragging a four-game losing streak. The Wolverines are 7-3 includes being unbeaten in the Big House and a 5-1 conference mark.
If you believe in the revenge factor, Michigan has dropped three games in a row to the Hawkeyes. It's the Wolverines longest skid in a series that began in 1900.
This doesn't appear to be a fair fight.
You might even say that this is two programs currently headed in different directions. The good thing for Iowa is that it has a chance to change that on the field. That's what you can ask for in sports (and hopefully they're fun to play and watch).
Can they? Yikes. It's more than a mountain.
The Hawkeyes will try to do what they've been able to do to Denard Robinson, to an extent. He led a frantic Wolverine comeback that fell short his freshman season. He threw 20 incompletions against Iowa last season.
I'm throwing that out. This Iowa defense is inconsistent and whomever plays quarterback for the Wolverines won't need to be great. He'll need to be solid and take care of the ball. The last thing you want to do at home on Senior Day is give the heavy underdog life with turnovers.
Michigan has more at stake than do the Hawkeyes. Iowa needs the win to keep postseason hopes alive. Michigan is pursuing a championship.
Expect Brady Hoke to play the odds. He brings in the superior team. He can call a conservative game.
That's good for Iowa, which must keep the game close into the fourth quarter and then deliver a few big plays. One of its best weapons, if not No. 1 outright, is the foot of junior kicker Mike Meyer, a Groza Award semifinalist.
I started off 3-4 picking Iowa games this season. I thought this crew would improve. It hasn't, at least not enough.
I've decided I'm sane and objective enough to stick with that trend.
I feel the same way as I have for the last three games - The Hawkeyes have more unanswered questions than the opponent. This week, they play their first ranked team in 2012.
Two types of people will pick Iowa this week:
1. Someone with no objectivity.
2. Someone who is talking out of their rear-end knowing nobody in the fan base will remember their idiotic prognostication because they will all be too pissed off at their team not being bowl eligible for the first time since 2000.
Score: Michigan 31, Iowa 16
Season: 5-4 (1 week on vacation)


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Feminism | Posted by Ashley B on 06/1/2012
Equality Not Partiality
A line in a movie I saw the other day has been bothering the hell out of me. The main character was watching his romantic interest at work. He smiled with all of the charm of a budding movie romance and said something along the lines of, "She must be the bravest woman I've ever met." He didn't refer to her as the bravest person he had ever met – she was the bravest woman. That distinction changes the sentence from complement to condescension.
There has always been a group of people in society who are defined as a race first and human beings second, or at times not at all. Women have always and without exception fallen into that category of people who may …