text: We just had a great gathering in July. It must be time to plan another. It is time to think of shooting film, gathering together to see spring and summers work, climbing ledges, walking the OH & Erie Canal, photographing waterfalls and having group fun at a gathering of like minded friends and hopefully new faces. My wife Dolly, the girls two blond lady Labrador Retrievers and I would like to invite you to our home for a photography gathering starting about 5 PM Friday, September 17, Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19th. We have been doing this, 5-6 times a year, for about two years with attendance ranging from 10-25 photographers. It has been a blast for us. I hope you have enjoyed it as much. For more information about the flavor of these events read the threads on the just completed May and July, 2010 event. http://www.apug.org/forums/forum61/74899-ne-oh-gathering-may-14-16-2010-a.html http://www.apug.org/forums/forum174/76860-ne-oh-gathering-july-16-18-2010-a.html The following is boiler plate based on earlier experiences. Available options we have enjoyed before will be in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, http://www.nps.gov/cuva/index.htm Within five miles: Blue Hen Falls http://gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/bluehen.shtml Buttermilk Falls http://gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls...milkCUVA.shtml Brandywine Falls http://gowaterfalling.com/waterfalls/brandywine.shtml Virginia Kendall Ledges http://hikingohioparks.com/virginia-kendall-park-hiking-ohio-parks.html Everett Road Covered Bridge http://www.nps.gov/cuva/historyculture/everett-road-covered-bridge.htm Maps http://www.nps.gov/cuva/planyourvisit/maps.htm Several new visitors were interested in the OH Turnpike bridge over the Cuyahoga Valley National Park http://wiki.worldflicks.org/ohio_turnpike_bridge_over_cuyahoga_river.html# and the three 19th century churches in the scenic little town of Peninsula, OH. If nature/landscape is not your thing, Cleveland, the flats, where it is difficult to take a picture with less than three bridges, and five is more likely, awaits you. A photography exhibit several of us have enjoyed will be at the Akron Art Museum. Detroit Disassembled: Photographs by Andrew Moore http://www.akronartmuseum.org/exhibitions/details.php?unid=1499 The event will be in Bath, Ohio, between Cleveland and Akron, five miles south of the Ohio Turnpike and Route I-77, meeting at a private home, two miles from the edge of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. For a rough estimate of distance use zip 44286 in Mapquest.com. If some visitors want to camp by the garden, they are most welcome. Others can stay at local motels. The Hampton Inn, Richfield, OH (1 800 Hampton) at the OH Turnpike entrance and intersection with I-77, about five miles away is the most popular. Come as early as Friday, 5:00 PM. We usually have coffee & rolls each morning at 10:00 AM to allow for early shooters and late sleepers. We gather again about 5:00 PM to show prints, tell lies and go out to dinner. Sunset shooting is available, but previously showing prints and telling stories prevailed. While you are here the Lady Labradors will entertain with their splashing stick routines. One regular will try to convince you that bacon ice cream is a bit of heaven. There is an orchard-home made ice cream business near by. When we learn how many are coming we can order a porta potty if there are enough to pay for it by contribution ($112). Our home stumbles through on an ancient septic system and well so we must ask you to endure this porta potty inconvenience. We are trying to have a loose organizational shell under which all cats may be comfortably herded. The plan will evolve until the majority is happy and the protesters fall asleep. All film shooters are welcome. Who is interested in coming? What information is needed? If you have not been here before please PM me with name, address, phone, email and emergency contact in case you do something you shouldnt have. I will return with directions. Welcome to the Powers house. Hosts, John & Dolly Powers Labradors: Cindy and Savannah


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Effective Date: December 29, 2010
Social Security Administration
Notice of Proposed New Routine Use
Required by the Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended
System Number: 60-0058
System name: Master Files of Social Security Number (SSN) Holders and SSN Applications, Social Security Administration (SSA)
Security Classification: None.
System Location: SSA, Office of Telecommunications and Systems Operations, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, Maryland 21235.
Categories of persons covered by the system: This system contains a record of each person who has applied for and to whom we have assigned a Social Security number (SSN). This system also contains records of each person who applied for an SSN, but to whom we did not assign one for one of the following reasons: (1) his or her application was supported by documents that we suspect may be fraudulent and we are verifying the documents with the issuing agency; (2) we have determined the person submitted fraudulent documents; (3) we do not suspect fraud but we need to further verify information the person submitted or we need additional supporting documents; or (4) we have not yet completed processing the application.
Categories of records in the system: We collect applications for SSNs. This system contains all of the information we received on the applications for SSNs (e.g., name, date and place of birth, sex, both parents' names, and race/ethnic data). If the application for an SSN is for a person under the age of 18, we also maintain the SSNs of the parents. The system also contains:
- changes in the information on the applications the SSN holders submit;
- information from applications supported by evidence we suspect or determine to be fraudulent, along with the mailing addresses of the persons who filed such applications and descriptions of the documentation they submitted;
- cross-references when multiple numbers have been issued to the same person;
- a form code that identifies the Form SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card Number) as the application the person used for the initial issuance of an SSN, or for changing the identifying information (e.g., a code indicating original issuance of the SSN, or that we assigned the person's SSN through our enumeration at birth program);
- a citizenship code that identifies the number holder's status as a U.S. citizen or the work authorization of a non-citizen;
- a special indicator code that identifies types of questionable data or special circumstances concerning an application for an SSN (e.g., false identity; illegal alien; scrambled earnings);
- an indication that an SSN was assigned based on harassment, abuse, or life endangerment; and
- an indication that a person has filed a benefit claim under a particular SSN.
Authority for maintenance of the system: Sections 205(a) and 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 405(a) and 405(c)(2)).
Purpose: We use information in this system to assign SSNs and for a number of administrative purposes:
- for various Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance, Supplemental Security Income, and Medicare/Medicaid claims purposes, including using the SSN itself as a case control number, as a secondary beneficiary cross-reference control number for enforcement purposes, for verification of claimant identity factors, and for other claims purposes related to establishing benefit entitlement;
- to prevent the processing of an SSN card application for a person whose application we identified was supported by evidence that either:
- we suspect may be fraudulent and we are verifying evidence; or
- we determined to be fraudulent information.
We alert our offices when an applicant who attempts to obtain an SSN card visits other offices to find one that might unknowingly accept fraudulent documentation;
- as a basic control for retained earnings information;
- as a basic control and data source to prevent us from issuing multiple SSNs;
- as a means to identify reported names or SSNs on earnings reports;
- for resolution of earnings discrepancy cases; and
- for statistical studies.
The information also is provided to:
- our Office of the Inspector General, Office of Audit, for auditing benefit payments under Social Security programs;
- the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of Child Support Enforcement, for locating parents who owe child support;
- the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for epidemiological research studies required by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1974;
- the DHHS Office of Refugee Resettlement for administering Cuban refugee assistance payments;
- the DHHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for administering Titles XVIII and XIX claims;
- the Secretary of the Treasury for use in administering those provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (IRC) that grant tax benefits based on support for or residence of children. The IRC provisions apply specifically to SSNs that parents provide to us on applications for persons who are not yet age 18.
Routine uses of records covered by the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: Routine use disclosures are as indicated below; however, we will not disclose any information defined as "return or return information" under 26 U.S.C.
§ 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, unless authorized by statute, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), or IRS regulations.
1. To employers in order to complete their records for reporting wages to us pursuant to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and section 218 of the Social Security Act.
2. To Federal, State, and local entities to assist them with administering income maintenance and health-maintenance programs, when a Federal statute authorizes them to use the SSN.
3. To the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Attorney's Offices, and to the Department of Homeland Security, United States Secret Service, for investigating and prosecuting violations of the Social Security Act.
4. To the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, for identifying and locating aliens in the United States pursuant to requests received under section 290(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1360(b)).
5. To a contractor for the purpose of collating, evaluating, analyzing, aggregating, or otherwise refining records. We will require the contractor to maintain Privacy Act safeguards with respect to such records.
6. To the Railroad Retirement Board to:
a) administer provisions of the Railroad Retirement and Social Security Act relating to railroad employment; and
b) administer the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.
7. To the Department of Energy for its epidemiological research study of the long-term effects of low-level radiation exposure, as permitted by our regulations at 20 C.F.R § 401.150(c).
8. To the Department of the Treasury for:
a) tax administration as defined in section 6103 of the IRC (26 U.S.C. § 6103);
b) investigating the alleged theft, forgery, or unlawful negotiation of Social Security checks; and
c) administering those sections of the IRC that grant tax benefits based on support or residence of children. As required by section 1090(b) of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Pub. L. 105-34, this routine use applies specifically to the SSNs of parents shown on an application for an SSN for a person who has not yet attained age 18.
9. To a congressional office in response to an inquiry from that office made at the request of the subject of a record or a third party on that person's behalf.
10. To the Department of State for administering the Social Security Act in foreign countries through its facilities and services.
11. To the American Institute, a private corporation under contract to the Department of State, for administering the Social Security Act on Taiwan through facilities and services of that agency.
12. To the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), Regional Office, Manila, Philippines, for administering the Social Security Act in the Philippines and other parts of the Asia-Pacific region through facilities and services of the DVA, Manila.
13. To the Department of Labor for:
a) administering provisions of the Black Lung Benefits Act; and
b) conducting studies of the effectiveness of training programs to combat poverty.
14. To Department Veterans Affairs:
a) to validate SSNs of compensation recipients/pensioners so that DVA can release accurate pension/compensation data to us for Social Security program purposes; and
b) upon request, for purposes of determining eligibility for, or amount of DVA benefits, or verifying other information with respect thereto.
15. To Federal agencies that use the SSN as a numerical identifier in their record-keeping systems for the purpose of validating SSNs.
16. To DOJ, a court, other tribunal, or another party before such court or tribunal when:
a) SSA or any of our components; or
b) any SSA employee in his or her official capacity; or
c) any SSA employee in his or her individual capacity when DOJ (or SSA when we are authorized to do so) has agreed to represent the employee; or
d) the United States or any agency thereof when we determine that the litigation is likely to affect the operations of SSA or any of our components, is party to litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and we determine that the use of such records by DOJ, a court, other tribunal, or another party before such court or tribunal is relevant and necessary to the litigation. In each case, however, we must determine that such disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which we collected the records.
17. To State audit agencies for auditing State supplementation payments and Medicaid eligibility considerations.
18. To
the social security agency of a foreign country to carry out the purpose of an
international social security agreement entered into between the
19. To Federal, State, or local agencies (or agents on their behalf) for the purpose of validating SSNs those agencies use to administer cash or non-cash income maintenance programs or health maintenance programs, including programs under the Social Security Act.
20. To third party contacts (e.g., State bureaus of vital statistics and the Department of Homeland Security) that issue documents to persons when the third party has, or is expected to have, information that will verify documents when we are unable to determine if such documents are authentic.
21. To DOJ, Criminal Division, Office of Special Investigations, upon receipt of a request for information pertaining to the identity and location of aliens for the purpose of detecting, investigating, and, when appropriate, taking legal action against suspected Nazi war criminals in the United States.
22. To the Selective Service System for the purpose of enforcing draft registration pursuant to the provisions of the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. § 462, as amended by section 916 of Pub. L. 97-86).
23. To contractors and other Federal agencies, as necessary, to assist us in efficiently administering our programs.
24. To organizations or agencies such as prison systems required by Federal law to furnish us with validated SSN information.
25. To the General Services Administration and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under 44 U.S.C. §§ 2904 and 2906, as amended by the NARA Act of 1984, information that is not restricted from disclosure by Federal law for their use in conducting records management studies.
26. To DVA or third parties under contract to DVA to disclose SSNs and dates of birth for the purpose of conducting DVA medical research and epidemiological studies.
27. To the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) upon receipt of a request from that agency in accordance with 5 U.S.C. § 8347(m)(3), to disclose SSN information when OPM needs the information to administer its pension program for retired Federal Civil Service employees.
28. To the Department of Education, upon request, to verify SSNs that students provide to postsecondary educational institutions, as required by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. § 1091).
29. To student volunteers, persons working under a personal services contract, and others, when they need access to information in our records in order to perform their assigned agency duties.
30. To Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies and private security contractors, as appropriate, information necessary:
a) to enable them to ensure the safety of our employees and customers, the security of our workplace, and the operation of our facilities; or
b) to assist investigations or prosecutions with respect to activities that affect such safety and security or activities that disrupt the operation of our facilities.
31. To recipients of erroneous Death Master File (DMF) information, to disclose corrections to information that resulted in erroneous inclusion of persons in the DMF.
32. To State vital records and statistics agencies, the SSNs of newborn children for administering public health and income maintenance programs, including conducting statistical studies and evaluation projects.
33. To State motor vehicle administration agencies (MVA) and to State agencies charged with administering State identification card programs (ICP) for the public to verify names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers on those persons who apply for, or for whom the State issues, driver's licenses or State identification cards.
34. To entities conducting epidemiological or similar research projects, upon request, pursuant to section 1106(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 1306(d)), to disclose information as to whether a person is alive or deceased, provided that:
a) we determine, in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, that the research may reasonably be expected to contribute to a national health interest;
b) the requester agrees to reimburse us for the costs of providing the information; and
c) the requester agrees to comply with any safeguards and limitations we specify regarding re-release or re-disclosure of the information.
35. To
employers in connection with a pilot program, conducted with the Department of Homeland
Security under 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(d)(4), to test methods
of verifying that persons are authorized to work in the
36. To a State Bureau of Vital Statistics (BVS) that is authorized by States to issue electronic death reports when the State BVS requests that we verify the SSN of a person on whom the State will file an electronic death report after we verify the SSN.
37. To the Department of Defense (DOD) to disclose validated SSN information and citizenship status information for the purpose of assisting DOD in identifying those members of the Armed Forces and military enrollees who are aliens or non-citizen nationals who may qualify for expedited naturalization or citizenship processing. These disclosures will be made pursuant to requests made under section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1440, as executed by Executive Order 13269.
38. To a Federal, State, or congressional support agency (e.g., Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Staff in the Library of Congress) for research, evaluation, or statistical studies. Such disclosures include, but are not limited to, release of information in assessing the extent to which one can predict eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments or Social Security disability insurance benefits; in examining the distribution of Social Security benefits by economic and demographic groups and how these differences might be affected by possible changes in policy; analyzing the interaction of economic and non-economic variables affecting entry and exit events and duration in the Title II Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and the Title XVI SSI disability programs; and, analyzing retirement decisions focusing on the role of Social Security benefit amounts, automatic benefit recomputation, the delayed retirement credit, and the retirement test but only after we:
a) determine that the routine use does not violate legal limitations under which the record was provided, collected, or obtained;
b) determine that the purpose for which the proposed use is to be made:
i. cannot reasonably be accomplished unless the record is provided in a form that identifies persons; and
ii. is of sufficient importance to warrant the effect on, or risk to, the privacy of the person by such limited additional exposure of the record;
iii. has reasonable probability that the objective of the use would be accomplished;
iv. is of importance to the Social Security program or Social Security beneficiaries; or
v. is of importance to the Social Security program or Social Security beneficiaries or is for an epidemiological research project that relates to the Social Security program or beneficiaries;
c) require the recipient of information to:
i. establish appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of the record and agree to on-site inspection by SSA's personnel, its agents, or by independent agents of the recipient agency of those safeguards;
ii. remove or destroy the identifying information at the earliest time consistent with the purpose of the project, unless the recipient receives written authorization from SSA that it is justified, based on research objectives, for retaining such information;
iii. make no further use of the records except:
1) under emergency circumstances affecting the health and safety of any person, following written authorization from us; or
2) for disclosure to an identified person approved by us for the purpose of auditing the research project;
iv. keep the data as a system of statistical records (a statistical record is one which is maintained only for statistical and research purposes and which is not used to make any determination about a person);
d) secure a written statement by the recipient of the information attesting to the recipient's understanding of, and willingness to abide by, these provisions.
39. To State and Territory MVA officials (or agents or contractors on their behalf) and State and Territory chief election officials to verify the accuracy of information the State agency provides with respect to applications for voter registration, when the applicant provides the last four digits of the SSN instead of a driver's license number.
40. To State and Territory MVA officials (or agents or contractors on their behalf) and State and Territory chief election officials, under the provisions of section 205(r)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 405(r)(8)), to verify the accuracy of information the State agency provides with respect to applications for voter registration for those persons who do not have a driver's license number:
a) when the applicant provides the last four digits of the SSN, or
b) when the applicant provides the full SSN, in accordance with section 7 of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C.§ 552a note), as described in section 303(a)(5)(D) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002. (42 U.S.C. § 15483(a)(5)(D)).
41. To the Secretary of Health and Human Services or to any State, any record or information requested in writing by the Secretary for the purpose of administering any program administered by the Secretary, if we disclosed records or information of such type under applicable rules, regulations, and procedures in effect before the date of enactment of the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994.
42. To the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, entities, and persons when: (1) we suspect or confirm that the security or confidentiality of information in this system of records has been compromised; (2) we find, as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise a risk of harm to economic or property interests, risk of identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or our other systems or programs that rely upon the compromised information; and (3) we determine that disclosing the information to such agencies, entities, and persons is necessary to assist in our efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm.
43. To State agencies charged with administering Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to verify personal identification data (e.g., name, SSN, and date of birth) and to disclose citizenship status information to assist them in determining new applicants' entitlement to benefits provided by the CHIP.
44. To the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture's National Finance Center, Office of Personnel Management, the States, or the States' respective contractors or agents charged with administering the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Program (PCIP), to verify personal identification data (e.g., name, SSN, and date of birth) and to confirm citizenship status information in our records to assist these agencies with determining applicants' entitlement to benefits under PCIP.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system:
Storage: We maintain records in this system in paper form (Forms SS-5 (Application for a Social Security Card), and system generated forms); magnetic media (magnetic tape and disc with on-line access); in microfilm and microfiche form; and on electronic files (NUMIDENT and Alpha-Index).
Retrievability: We will retrieve records by both SSN and name. If we deny an application because the applicant submitted fraudulent evidence, or if we are verifying evidence we suspect to be fraudulent, we will retrieve records either by the applicant's name plus month and year of birth, or by the applicant's name plus the eleven-digit reference number of the disallowed application.
Safeguards: We have established safeguards for automated records in accordance with our Systems Security Handbook. These safeguards include maintaining the magnetic tapes and discs within a secured enclosure attended by security guards. Anyone entering or leaving this enclosure must have a special badge we issue only to authorized personnel.
For computerized records, we or our contractors, including organizations administering our programs under contractual agreements, transmit information electronically between Central Office and Field Office locations. Safeguards include a lock/unlock password system, exclusive use of leased telephone lines, a terminal-oriented transaction matrix, and an audit trail. Only authorized personnel who have a need for the records in the performance of their official duties may access microfilm, microfiche, and paper files.
We annually provide to all our employees and contractors appropriate security guidance and training that include reminders about the need to protect personally identifiable information and the criminal penalties that apply to unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, personally identifiable information. See 5 U.S.C. § 552a(i)(1). Furthermore, employees and contractors with access to databases maintaining personally identifiable information must sign a sanction document annually, acknowledging their accountability for inappropriately accessing or disclosing such information.
Retention and disposal: We retain most paper forms only until we film and verify them for accuracy. We then shred the paper records. We retain electronic and updated microfilm and microfiche records indefinitely. We update all tape, discs, microfilm, and microfiche files periodically. We erase out-of-date magnetic tapes and discs and we shred out-of-date microfiches.
System manager and address: Director, Division of Enumeration Verification and Death Alerts, Office of Earnings, Enumeration, and Administrative Systems, Social Security Administration, 6401 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235.
Notification procedures: Persons can determine if this system contains a record about them by writing to the system manager at the above address and providing their name, SSN, or other information that may be in this system of records that will identify them. Persons requesting notification by mail must include a notarized statement to us to verify their identity or must certify in the request that they are the person they claim to be and that they understand that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another person under false pretenses is a criminal offense.
Persons requesting notification of records in person must provide their name, SSN, or other information that may be in this system of records that will identify them, as well as provide an identity document, preferably with a photograph, such as a driver's license. Persons lacking identification documents sufficient to establish their identity must certify in writing that they are the person they claim to be and that they understand that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another person under false pretenses is a criminal offense.
Persons requesting notification by telephone must verify their identity by providing identifying information that parallels the information in the record about which notification is sought. If we determine that the identifying information the person provides by telephone is insufficient, we will require the person to submit a request in writing or in person. If a person requests information by telephone on behalf of another person, the subject person must be on the telephone with the requesting person and with us in the same phone call. We will establish the subject person's identity (his or her name, SSN, address, date of birth, and place of birth, along with one other piece of information such as mother's maiden name), and ask for his or her consent to provide information to the requesting person. These procedures are in accordance with our regulations at 20 C.F.R. §§ 401.40 and 401.45.
Record access procedures: Same as notification procedures. Persons must also reasonably specify the record contents they are seeking. These procedures are in accordance with our regulations at 20 C.F.R. § 401.40(c).
Contesting record procedures: Same as notification procedures. Persons must also reasonably identify the record, specify the information they are contesting, and state the corrective action sought, and the reasons for the correction with supporting justification showing how the record is incomplete, untimely, inaccurate, or irrelevant. These procedures are in accordance with our regulations at 20 C.F.R. § 401.65(a).
Record source categories: We obtain information in this system from SSN applicants (or persons acting on their behalf).
Exemptions claimed for the system: None.

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The biggest argument for a college football playoff is seeing what a playoff does for college basketball. Could you imagine a December Dash to match March Madness?
The biggest argument against it, of late, has been it would make the regular season meaningless. Right now a loss in September is painful in college football. A loss in November eliminates your team from a title game shot.To read more or comment...
Ohio.com sports fans, I am looking for a little help.
I need your involvement in making our site more of place to have a conversation about sports.To read more or comment...
Columbus Dispatch sports columnist Bob Hunter captures my feelings on the Jim Tressel situation very well today. So I will provide a link. The only thing I would like to add is: I still think the NCAA is going to hand down a harsher penalty. They have hammered players and coaches in the past for covering things up or not telling the truth. This really is no different.
Here is a link to Hunter's blog entry.
Here are some thoughts on the latest in the sports world.To read more or comment...
Yahoo! Sports, which is gaining a great reputation for its investigating of sports, particulary college sports, published a report Monday that Ohio State coach Jim Tressel knew of the gear scheme that his players were involved in eight months before the school told the NCAA about the problem. Withholding information from the NCAA is not a good practice, they have a tendency to get their pound of flesh.
By Charles Robinson and Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel was informed that several Buckeyes players were selling memorabilia more than eight months before the school claims it was made aware of the scheme, a two-month Yahoo! Sports investigation has found.
Tressel received information that players were selling items to Edward Rife – the owner of Fine Line Ink Tattoos in Columbus – as early as April 2010, according to a source. However, neither Ohio State nor the NCAA investigated the transactions or the players' relationship with Rife until December 2010, when the school claims it was informed of the situation by the local United States Attorney's office.
Ohio State director of compliance Doug Archie declined immediate comment when reached Monday by Yahoo! Sports. Tressel and athletic director Gene Smith were unavailable for comment. The NCAA declined comment. At a Dec. 23 press conference, Jim Tressell said he had only recently found out about players selling memorabilia.
A federal probe into Rife revealed he was in possession of multiple pieces of Buckeyes football memorabilia that previously belonged to five players: quarterback Terrelle Pryor, running back Dan Herron, wideout DeVier Posey, defensive end Solomon Thomas and offensive lineman Mike Adams. Federal officers contacted the school Dec. 7 to determine if the goods were stolen or instead sold by the players for cash, as Rife claimed.
According to a source, a concerned party reached out to Tressel last April, alerting the coach that memorabilia transactions had taken place between Rife and a handful of Buckeyes players, including Pryor. The selling of items violates NCAA eligibility rules. The source said Tressel was troubled by the information, and the coach indicated that he would investigate the matter and take appropriate action.
Here is a link to the rest of the story.
Ohio.com switched providers of statistics online to Stats Inc. earlier this month.
I think it is one of the best companies on the web, and it should improve our quality in a hurry.
On each team page -- the Indians, Cavs, Browns, Zips, Flashes and Buckeyes -- you will see the latest game scoring update and then links to team stats and schedule.
Check it out.
In honor of Charlie Sheen's viral week and the start of spring training games, here is a little something for you all.
Mel Kiper adjusted his Big Board for the NFL Draft, after the NFL Scouting Combine finished this weekend.
And he has a new No. 1 in defensive back Patrick Peterson of LSU. The rest of his top 10: Nick Fairley, DT; Da'Quan Bowers, DE; Marcell Dareus, DE; Von Miller, LB; A.J. Green, WR; Robert Quinn, DE; Blaine Gabbert, QB; Prince Amukamara, CB; Cam Newton, QB.••
Mel Kiper of ESPN•
The big shift this week is at the top, where Patrick Peterson now claims the No. 1 spot. After a fantastic week at the NFL combine, he has become the rare corner who could be considered a potential No. 1 pick. Given that he is a full 219 pounds, can be a weapon as a returner, and could conceivably become a star at safety if a coach ever pushed him there, he epitomizes a guy who can produce early.
Thoughts about goings-on in the sports world.To read more or comment...


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Programs in the School of Arts and Humanities
The School of Arts and Humanities emphasizes education that seeks and creates connections, combining critical with creative thought, theory with practice, and arts and humanities with other fields of knowledge. Our goal is to foster in students intense curiosity informed by rigorous attention and the ability not only to solve challenging problems but also to communicate the process and importance of the solution.
You will find a rich array of courses in the School of Arts and Humanities. We offer courses in literature, foreign languages, history, philosophy, music, dance, drama, film, and the visual arts.
Our program in Translation Studies and our Center for Translation Studies are internationally renowned.
What distinguishes our program is this: we always try to present each field as part of an integrated and coherent curriculum rather than as separate and distinct bodies of knowledge.
The School offers three undergraduate majors. Literary Studies, Historical Studies, and Art and Performance, offer thorough training in one area that is offered within the context of larger humanistic issues.
At the graduate level we currently offer the following degrees:
These unique graduate programs provide students with a flexible, interdisciplinary context in which to pursue a personalized course of study. Rather than identifying narrow, fixed disciplinary areas, we have designed our graduate degrees around broadly defined areas of interest. The interrelationship and mutual influence of these broad areas is emphasized as the essential aspect of our approach to graduate education.
The School of Arts and Humanities offers the advantages of a research university and the nurturing atmosphere of a liberal arts college.
Students in the School of Arts and Humanities are encouraged to explore the boundaries and the interrelationships of the major fields of study within the school. Consistent with this focus on the integration of the arts and humanities and a commitment to interdisciplinary education, the school has no conventional departments. Rather, its curriculum is designed to allow study that crosses and transforms traditional disciplinary lines. This flexible design allows faculty members to create learning communities based on mutual interests and in response to the educational needs of students.
The School of Arts and Humanities also offers an Honors Program giving students an opportunity for advanced creative and scholarly work and recognition.
Each student in the school consults regularly with an advisor who helps the student to design and complete a program of coursework. Students should contact their advisor to set up an appointment. For more specific requirements for each degree, see Degree Plans.
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A man who was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence after a fire at his Salt Lake City home Wednesday now faces possible charges of arson and attempted murder.
Booking information from the Salt Lake County jail shows that Daniel Ivins, 33, was jailed on suspicion of misdemeanor domestic violence assault and felony counts of second-degree aggravated arson, second-degree aggravated assault and attempted second-degree murder.
On Wednesday morning, Salt Lake City firefighters responded to a residence at 377 N. 800 West. Ivins and three other occupants escaped the fire unharmed. After the fire was put out, a woman reported to the firefighters that Ivins had assaulted her, and he was later arrested on suspicion of domestic violence.
On Thursday, Ivins was accused of the additional crimes. Salt Lake City Fire spokesman Jasen Asay said Wednesday that investigators would question Ivins about whether he played a role in the blaze.
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Tech giant Google has settled a lawsuit brought by 38 states and the District of Columbia, accusing the company of violating privacy rights during its Street View Mapping Project. The cars used in the project were outfitted with equipment and software that collected information from unsecured wireless networks.
The company admitted that the information collected may have included e-mail communications and other confidential information transmitted over networks while the Street View cars were in the area.
Derek Schmidt, Attorney General of Kansas, one of the 39 states that sued Google for violating citizens' privacy, said. "Kansans expect that their privacy rights are not being violated by cars driving by their homes and gathering their personal information from home computer networks."
As part of the settlement, Google has agreed to stop the practice and destroy the data they collected. The company will pay a $7 Million Dollar fine and agreed to train employees about privacy for the next 10 years. Google will also launch a public service campaign to teach people how to secure their personal information on wireless networks. With Google worth an estimated $198 billion, a $7 million dollar fine is pretty much equal to fining a person who earns $30,000 a year a penny. Although the public service campaigns and training will cost the company money, it's not going to put too much of a dent in its bank account.
Google was fined $22 million last summer for violating privacy settings on Apple's Safari browser by the Federal Trade Commission. According to the FTC's complaint, Google specifically told Safari users that because the Safari browser is set by default to block third-party cookies, as long as users do not change their browser settings, this setting "effectively accomplishes the same thing as [opting out of this particular Google advertising tracking cookie]." When in fact the cookies were placed on users' computers. As part of that settlement, the company agreed to disable those tracking cookies.
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While twinkling lights, sugar cookies and midnight mass comprise
some of the traditional elements surrounding Christmas celebrations
in the United States, customs differ a bit in other parts of the
"Back in Romania," said Judit Langa, a nursing major at Mount
Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY, "we went caroling to all of our
neighbors, singing special religious songs about the birth of
Jesus, and exchanged gifts with family and friends."
On Christmas morning, the Maybrook, NY resident and her family
opened gifts from Santa, sang more songs throughout the day, and
enjoyed Christmas dinner in the afternoon – where the traditional
food served was stuffed cabbage.
In Asia, the Philippines tradition is to have a roasted pig for
Christmas dinner, said Nina Gecosala of Dobbs Ferry, NY, a
history/education student.
Along with pork, the Christmas feast consists of ham, turkey,
flan, lumpia shanghai – an egg roll filled with meat, and
Children play a traditional game – much like musical chairs in
the U.S. -- on Christmas Day, said Gecosala.
"Kids sit in a circle and pass around presents until the music
stops. We open the present we are left with when we freeze," she
And in Brazil, Christmas is celebrated just like it is in
America, said Newburgh resident Anna Andrianis, a 2011 Mount MBA
graduate. One common tradition is the presépio, or nativity scene.
The word originates from the Hebrew presepium which means the bed
of straw upon which Jesus first slept in Bethlehem.
In addition to welcoming students of various traditions, the
Mount offers several different types of study abroad programs: e.g.
summer in Oxford, England, Segovia, Spain, and Florence, Italy.
Semester or year-long programs offer more opportunities, including
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Focus on civility continues with course, lecture series
The University of South Carolina will continue its emphasis on civil discourse this fall with an undergraduate course featuring a public lecture series.
Taught by philosophy professor Dr. Christopher Tollefsen, the University 201 class, "Civility in the Public Sphere," addresses the notion of civility in public conversation on issues such as healthcare and immigration reform to debates over war, abortion and the proper role of government in Americans' personal lives.
All lectures will take place at 7 p.m. and are free. The intent of the series is to offer thought-provoking lectures that encourage the community to think about the importance of, and problems with, civil discourse and how these problems can be resolved.
The schedule is as follows
- Sept. 13 – "Democracy as a Moral Ideal," featuring Dr. Vincent Colapietro, professor of philosophy from Penn State University. School of Law auditorium.
- Sept. 22– "Civility and Deliberative Democracy," featuring Dr. Ed Munn, associate dean of the South Carolina Honors College. Gressette Room, Harper College.
- Sept. 27 – "Debating Civility: Democratic Public Discourse in Ancient Athens," featuring Dr. Jill Frank, USC associate professor of political science. Gressette Room, Harper College.
- Oct. 4 – "Civility in the University," featuring Dr. Cary Nelson, president of the American Association of University Professors and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois. School of Law auditorium.
- Oct. 11 – "Science and Religion in Dialogue," featuring Dr. Dan Buxhoeveden, director of USC's Religion and Science Initiative. Gressette Room, Harper College.
- Oct. 18 – "Race, Civility and Public Discourse," featuring Dr. Eddie Glaude, professor of religion and African American studies at Princeton Univresity. School of Law auditorium.
- Nov. 3 – "Church, State and Public Discourse," featuring Dr. Steven Smith, Warren Distinguished Professor at the University of San Diego. School of Law auditorium.
- Nov. 17 – "Educating for Civic Empowerment,"featuring Dr. Meira Levinson, assistant professor of education at Harvard University. School of Law auditorium.
- Nov. 22 – "The Responsibility of Public Journalism," featuring Charles Bierbauer, dean of USC's College of Mass Communication and Information Studies. Gressette Room, Harper College.
President Harris Pastides launched the university's Civil Discourse Initiative last fall. A pilot course through the S.C. Honors College was taught in the spring in addition to a continued campus emphasis on the Carolinian Creed, a code of the university's values that includes civility, and a public lecture.
More detailed information on the USC's Civil Discourse Initiative is available online at http://president.sc.edu/Civil_Discourse/


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All sides in Weld, South Platte basin awaiting groundwater suggestions
December 10, 2013
Reagan Waskom, director of the Colorado Water Institute in Fort Collins, who's spearheading the South Platte Groundwater Study, revealed some of his data at a Colorado aquifer management conference this week, and has done the same at other recent water meetings.
His key points:
• On a basin scale, augmentation supply has caught up with augmentation requirements but many localized issues remain.
• Surface water rights are being protected under current administration of the system.
• Groundwater levels are rising in some areas in the South Platte River basin.
• Many of the problems related to well curtailments and high groundwater are localized, and care must be exercised not to overreach when applying solutions.
• There is insufficient water to meet all of the needs of the basin. More water storage and more efficient use of supplies will help both surface and groundwater users in the South Platte.
To see other documents and reports regarding the ongoing South Platte Groundwater Study, go to http://www.cwi.colostate.edu/southplatte/findings.shtml.
A groundwater study initiated in 2012 of critical interest to some Weld County farmers is nearing its conclusion, and the scientist spearheading the endeavor will soon make policy suggestions to Colorado lawmakers.
Many water providers and users who have something to gain or lose from any new policy in the state's groundwater management find themselves as anxious for the 2014 legislative session as in years prior, or more so, they say.
Some believe the existing system works well, while others believe changes need to be made to get the maximum beneficial use out of groundwater and surface water to address the water shortages the region is expected to face in upcoming decades.
"I think everyone's really eager," said Joe Frank, general manager of the Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District in Sterling, after an aquifer management conference this week, hosted by the American Ground Water Trust.
Reagan Waskom, director of the Colorado Water Institute in Fort Collins, who's spearheading the South Platte Groundwater Study, revealed some of his data at the conference, but didn't discuss what policy suggestions he might make to state lawmakers.
He's made similar presentations at other well-attended water meetings in recent weeks.
Following the groundwater conference this week, Waskom said in an interview he's at a point where he knows what legislative suggestions he'll make but is still using as much time as possible before Dec. 31 — his deadline to conclude the report — to analyze the data he's been collecting since 2012, and do more fine-tuning.
There are many like Frank, who would like to see little or nothing changed to the existing system of how groundwater is managed in the state — a system that he and others say is doing what's needed to protect senior water rights.
But others, including some in Weld County, believe changes are needed.
While the study was initiated in 2012, the debate goes back farther.
For someone to legally pump water out of the ground in Colorado, most wells must have an approved augmentation plan — to make up for depletions to the rivers, since pumping draws water that would otherwise make its way into nearby rivers over time. Many surface water rights in Colorado date back to the 1800s, when the area was settled, and are often more senior than groundwater rights, because groundwater pumping didn't begin until it was needed in the 1930s, to weather the Dust Bowl.
In 2006, the state increased augmentation requirements for groundwater pumping following years of drought, when some surface water users believed they weren't getting adequate water because too much was being pumped out of the ground.
The rule changes brought the state into what Waskom and others refer to as the "era of full augmentation."
But because of the demand and increased prices for water, some water providers and farmers say they haven't been able to acquire the needed augmentation water to get all of their wells pumping.
About 8,000 wells in northeast Colorado were curtailed or shut down.
In recent years, though, there have been reports of high groundwater in the South Platte River Basin — particularly in the LaSalle, Gilcrest and Sterling areas — that has flooded basements and rotted crops out in the fields, while also causing other issues.
Many attributed the high groundwater problems to the changes in Colorado's augmentation rules, believing the combination of more augmenting and fewer wells pumping was causing the aquifer to overflow.
A number of Weld County farmers with curtailed wells reached a boiling point during the 2012 drought, when their crops were struggling to survive, and at the same time they were sitting on top of a full aquifer, to which they had limited access. A number of local farmers and Weld County commissioners stressed to Gov. John Hickenlooper that all problems would be solved if farmers could pump their wells.
They asked Hickenlooper to make an emergency declaration that would allow them to pump their wells.
But many other water users — particularly surface users downstream — urged the governor not to allow it. They said it would prevent them from getting the surface water to which they were entitled.
The governor didn't allow any emergency groundwater pumping for Weld farmers, saying that the state would likely face a barrage of lawsuits if he did so. The 2012 discussions led to the groundwater study. Now many are awaiting the report and follow-up discussions among lawmakers.
"I'm very optimistic … cautiously optimistic … that we'll get some needed changes out of all of this," said Glen Fritzler, a LaSalle-area farmer whose wells were impacted and whose basement flooded in recent years. "I'm anxious."


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Nearly 1.8 million passengers will fly through Los Angeles International Airport during a 10-day period surrounding Thanksgiving, a number roughly equal to last year, airport officials said Wednesday.
According to the LAX forecast, the Sunday after Thanksgiving will be the busiest travel day. Airport officials say they also expect large crowds this Friday and the Monday after Thanksgiving.
"This is contrary to what is commonly understood as the Wednesday before Thanksgiving being the busiest day," said Arif Alikhan, deputy executive director for homeland security and law enforcement at the airport. "It will not be the busiest day based on the projections we have. However, it will be a very, very busy day here at LAX."
In all, airport officials say they expect about 1.786 million passengers to travel through the airport from Friday through Nov. 26. Last year, airport officials said, LAX processed 1.78 million passengers during a similar 10-day period. That number was a 16 percent increase from 2010, according to airport officials.
LAX officials say travelers should check in for their flights online and sign up to receive status notifications from their airlines.
The Automobile Club of Southern California has not released its Thanksgiving travel forecast yet, but spokesman Jeffrey Spring said the organization expects this year's numbers to be similar to last year, when about 3.3 million Southern Californians were on the road.
"By auto we still expect to see a busy Wednesday and, believe it or not, a busy Thursday morning," Spring said. "A lot of folks try to avoid Wednesday. They leave Thursday morning, and it gets pretty busy on certain freeways until about 1 p.m."
Nationally, AAA has projected 43.6 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from Wednesday, Nov. 21, to Sunday, Nov. 25, an increase of less than 1 percent from 2011. About 39.1 million of those people will travel by car, according to the organization.
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LONG BEACH - The Port of Long Beach snagged a $17 million federal grant Thursday to help increase train volume and cut pollution at the second-busiest U.S. container port, officials said.
The money will be applied to rail upgrades and eliminate a bottleneck at Ocean Boulevard where three rail tracks leading out of the complex briefly narrow to two.
Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Long Beach, said the 340 full-time jobs expected to be created in Long Beach and Los Angeles County by the plans are "critical" during ongoing economic distress.
The funding for this project will also "help improve efficiency, safety and capacity of on-dock rail operations, allowing a reduction in container truck traffic to and from the Port of Long Beach," Richardson said.
Port spokesman Art Wong said the funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation will allow needed rail upgrades to be done sooner.
"Without this grant, we'd have to juggle the pot of money we had and delay something else," said Wong.
Construction on the project could start next year and finish by September 2013, officials said.
A study predicted the higher rail capacity will eliminate 2.3 million truck trips over 20 years, cutting 300,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and more than
500 tons of other air pollutants.
The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $511 million in subsidies Thursday under its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery program.
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16th July 2012 03:33 AM #1
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What to do with my 5-year-old daughter who always hurt her 1 year old sister?
My 1 year old daughter was born 4 years after I conceived my eldest child. These 4 year gap makes it difficult for me to handle my two daughters. The eldest who is 5 years old always hurt her sister. Its either she will spank her or kick her. And the poor baby just cried. My eldest daughter doesn't want her things screwed up which her younger sister would always do. Sometimes they would play together and were happy but after a while my eldest just hit her with no reason. I always talk to my 5 year old not to hurt her sister but after a few days she forgot what I told her and started hurting her sister again. What should I do?
18th July 2012 10:39 PM #2
Sibling rivalry is very common. It does generally tend to lessen once the new sibling is over 12 months old.
You could try to have some dedicated time each week that you just spend with your older child. Is there someone who could look after your 1 year old for a few hours whilst you spend some one-on-one time with your 5 year old doing an activity that she enjoys? This will help your older daughter to stop trying to get your attention by turning on your one year old.
It's best to not leave children together alone when an older child is reacting like this. You should also try to stop any kicking/pinching/poking etc as soon as possible. I know it's hard though. Your older daughter had much more of your attention for so long that she is feeling jealous. Some mums find it helps to emphasise how much you love your older child (telling them this frequently and having cuddles together etc) - that you don't love her any less now you have the new baby.
Another technique which can be helpful with dealing with sibling rivalry is to ask your older child to help you with the younger one. For example, she could bring you changing equipment or clothes for the baby. Your older daughter may then see herself as helping mummy and having an important role, rather than having to fight for your attention.
I hope it gets easier for you.
Best wishes,
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Hi Sheryl,
LJ gave some really good suggestions. You'll want to be sure that your 5 year old isn't feeling resentful that she has to watch the baby while you're busy working or making dinner or doing something else. It's one thing for an older child to want to watch the baby to help Mama out, and another when that child feels like she is left to look after the child while Mama is busy.
I think it's important to make sure that you are caring for your 1 year old as much as possible right now. This might look like having a play pen for the 1 year old to play in, with her own toys, while you're working at the computer, making dinner, cleaning the house, etc.
While your 1 year old is occupied, then you could have your 5 year old work along side you. You will be training her to clean the house (she can help clean bathrooms, fold laundry, dry and put away dishes after meals, etc.). Once your 5 year old is more involved with you and what you're doing then I'm guessing she will actually enjoy playing with the 1 year old when it's time for her to do that.
Again, this would be only for a short time - maybe 15 minutes at a time. But not an hour.
But when you notice your daughter being mean to her baby sister, then this is absolutely serious and should be treated as such. It doesn't matter how frustrated she is or how upset she is, it is NEVER okay to hurt someone else.
You will need to correct this behavior by using some form of correction which makes a big impact on your daughter. This might mean taking away TV and computer privileges until you notice that she is being kind on a consistent basis.
Hope that some of our suggestions help because you need to protect your 1 year old from being hurt.
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The Office of Property Management of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), has become the first government service organization to earn the prestigious, internationally recognized ISO 9000 registration as a quality organization. It is also the first public or private real estate organization to earn this designation.
GSA Acting Administrator David J. Barram will present the ISO 9000 registration certificate to the Property Management team in an ceremony April 2 at 10:00 a.m. in the GSA auditorium, 1800 F Street NW, Washington, DC.
"This is an unprecedented achievement," Vice President Al Gore said in a statement issued by the National Performance Review (NPR), which is encouraging quality initiatives in Federal agencies. "By showing how to instill quality culture in a government organization, you are demonstrating the true spirit of reinvention."
"Property Management's accomplishment is an affirmation of the values of the National Performance Review and reinventing government," Barram said. "It is an important reminder to everyone that Government systems can be held to the same high standards of quality as the private sector."
Property Management, part of GSA's Public Buildings Service (PBS), operates 8,329 buildings occupied by Federal tenants. Property Management is responsible for the design, development and implementation of property management services for U.S. Government agencies and others who occupy space that is owned, leased, or operated by GSA. This national program has a budget of $1.5 billion.
ISO 9000 refers to a series of standards and guidelines that define the minimum requirements for an internationally accepted quality system. Registration is a kind of "quality assurance seal of approval" that an organization has implemented ISO guidelines, thoroughly documented those guidelines and continues to operate according to that documentation.
Typically, it takes two years or more for an organization to develop, document, and implement quality systems that meet the ISO 9000 criteria. Property Management completed this initiative in 18 months, further evidence of the quality organization it has developed. Its registration as an ISO 9000 organization was effective February 27.
"It's a real challenge to establish ISO 9000 systems in the Government. Being the first Federal agency to meet these stringent standards shows that we are a leader in our field," said Robert Peck, PBS Commissioner.
"We were able to achieve the same level of international recognition in terms of quality as the world's largest conglomerates," he added, noting that Property Management joins the ranks of major corporations like IBM, DuPont, Ford, and General Motors and more than 20,000 other U.S. organizations. ISO 9000 registration has become an increasingly important credential for organizations doing business in the United States and overseas.
Other Government organizations have received ISO-9000 registration, e.g., parts of the Coast Guard, NASA and the Department of Defense. Those organizations are classified under different standard industrial code (SIC) categories and their work is directly comparable to work performed in the private sector.
Property Management is the first organization classified as a "provider of general Government services" to have achieved this honor. It is also the first "operator of non-residential buildings" to do so.
Many companies choose to contract only with suppliers that are ISO-9000 registered. The Office of Property Management is looking to a future requirement for all suppliers and contractors to be ISO-9000 registered.
The Property Management ISO 9000 team was formed by former PBS Assistant Commissioner James F. Steele, Jr., now retired. Stewart J. Levy and Robert L. Buckley of the PBS Regional Support Division co-chaired the team.
Property Management was registered as an ISO 9000 organization by the independent firm of Kemper Registrar Services, Inc. of Flemington, NJ, following the 18-month process of implementing quality systems. The consulting firm Gunneson Group International helped the GSA organization prepare for registration.
For information about this and other GSA programs, visit our home page at http://www.gsa.gov.


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They'll sort it in time so I'm not bothered. And if it's not ready then Apple won't release anyway.
I still want one :-D
Just like Antennagate, proximity issues on iPhone 4's Apple addressed with a stupid phone bumper that goes bad in a couple of month. I had both of these issues which makes me thing twice about buying Apple products.
Apple's quality is going down the crapper, better fix this or else more will follow my lead.
It's hilarious to read comments like "oh they'll figure it out or they'll fix it in 3 months". Did they ever fix the Antennagate? Not until the next generation iPhone came out. Took them more than a year to figure that out and changed the band positioning on the 4S.
I'm thinking they'll release the phone anyway coz people will buy it anyway coz battery issues or not, it's gonna be awesome.
I do own a 3G, 4, 4S, iPad 3 and iPod Touch 4G.
Apple will release it...even if it does have problems. Look at the iphone 4s screen issue. A lot of you might not know about this...but it's real. Apple covered it up, and called it "a acceptable variance"...Modmyi never even wrote about it, most likely due to the fact that the writers are human, love Apple, and at the end of the day are quite biased (nothing wrong with that) and will follow Apples lead.
But the fact is, it had problems, BIG problems. I went through 3 yellowish screens before finally getting a acceptable one. I have looked at all of my friends 4s screens, putting them all side by side. And with about 30 people looking at 6 different iPhone 4s screens side by side, not one single person could say they all looked the same...
My point is...it will have problems, and Apple, along with Apple diehards, will ignore it, and say "it's normal".
I also wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone 5 (yea...iPhone 5 retards) comes out even later then October. Perhaps November, who knows, maybe even........next yearrr!! Why the rush? We all know we will buy it...whether its sept, oct, nov, or next year...I know I will!
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Allstate Sugar Bowl Announces Manning Award Watch List
Thursday, August 14, 2014
The Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, published its complete preseason Watch List on Thursday. The list includes 32 of the top quarterbacks in the nation heading into the 2014 season. The winner will again be selected by a voting panel, which includes national media and each of the Mannings, after the bowls.
"We have had the opportunity to recognize 10 outstanding quarterbacks with the Manning Award," said Paul Hoolahan, Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO. "It is truly a great honor for the Allstate Sugar Bowl to sponsor this award and we wish the best of luck to every quarterback and team in the country for another great year of college football."


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A site a few of us have been using for a while is Lynda.com. You pay a membership fee but you have a world of learning at your fingertips. Everything from how to edit video on a variety of programs, how to take the best pictures, use Photoshop, and my favorite how to use all of Gmail's features! I learned to organize my email inbox! They are constantly adding new courses, if there is something you've been wanting to learn, Lynda is the site to you!


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'Rick Jeanneret. If you hate OLN, go on NHL.com and pick up the Sabres radio feed, and kick back for a wonderful treat. Jeanneret, the Sabres play-by-play man on TV and radio, is exciting, and describes the play so well on radio. Some of his calls are classic, and forgive his homerism, but he's just flat out fun to hear.'
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I'm having a lot of fun with this video stuff in case any one can't tell. If any one has a video tutorial request that is specific to one action or tool and not "dude, I wanna crush a xp box" send me a PM and I'll see what I can do. Here is the latest creation. People are always asking "well I've broken WEP what do I do now". Here is a example that is not to damaging.
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Women's tennis standout Kayley Duval has won the vote for Tornado Athlete of the Week for the 26th week of the athletic season. Duval earned 17 of 52 votes cast by visitors of BCTornados.com, or 32.7%
Duval was a perfect 4-0 in singles and doubles matches this week as the Tornados won four matches as a team. All of Duval's matches came at No. 2 doubles and No. 3 singles. Included in her singles wins were two clinching-point victories. Tuesday against Baldwin-Wallace, a 6-3 win, Duval won scored the winning point with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Andrea Essig. Wednesday, the Tornados won over No. 36 Charleston (W. Va.), 5-4. In singles, Duval again won the match with an epic 6-4, 1-6, 11-9 victory over Sarah Monsheimer.
The Tornado Athlete of the Week is determined by a fan poll on the frontpage of BCTornados.com. Candidates for the Tornado Athlete of the Week award are announced and voting opens every Sunday night at 10 p.m. Voting closes on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.
Week 1 - Brooke Seaman, Volleyball
Week 2 - Bailey Varley, Women's Soccer
Week 3 - Rebecca Schoonover, Volleyball
Week 4 - Nikki Peacock, Women's Soccer
Week 5 - Stanley Jones, Football
Week 6 - Stanley Jones, Football
Week 7 - Trey Wilborn, Football
Week 8 - Alycia Andrade, Women's Cross Country
Week 9 - Jussi Halonen, Men's Soccer
Week 10 - Jo Tuttle, Women's Cycling
Week 11 - Brooke Seaman, Volleyball
Week 12 - Jami Perry, Volleyball
Week 13 - Jonathan Whitson, Men's Basketball
Week 14 - Amber Roberts, Women's Basketball
Week 15 - Joseph Chilton, Men's Basketball
Fall MVP - Stanley Jones, Football
Week 16 - Darin Dellinger, Men's Basketball
Week 17 - Sam Carlisle, Men's Basketball
Week 18 - Terrence Johnson, Men's Basketball
Week 19 - Samantha Winn, Women's Basketball
Week 20 - Cody Siniard, Men's Basketball
Week 21 - Seth Laughter, Baseball
Week 22 - Kristina Clayton, Softball
Week 23 - Jonathan Whitson, Men's Basketball
Week 24 - Jackie Corn, Baseball
Week 25 - Chelsi Mallory, Softball
Week 26 - Kayley Duval, Women's Tennis


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Study: Fracking Doesn't Mess With Drinking Water
(NEWSER) – If you live near a fracking site, go pour yourself a nice, clean glass of water, because the Department of Energy is pretty sure it's safe. In a landmark study, federal researchers tagged fracking fluids with special markers at a Pennsylvania drilling site before injecting those fluids into the ground at the standard depth of more than 8,000 feet. They then watched for traces about 3,000 feet above that, and found absolutely nothing during their year of monitoring, indicating that the chemical-laced fluids stayed down—and roughly a mile away from any drinking aquifers, the AP reports.
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Halladay sharp in Clearwater rehab
Two-time Cy Young Award-winner hurls three frames in win
By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | July 12, 2012 8:30 PM ET
This time, instead of with question marks, he arrived at the Florida State League with an expected Hall-of-Fame resume.
The two-time Cy Young Award winner, getting in some rehab work before his likely return to the Phillies next week, allowed one unearned run on three hits without any walks, fanning four, in three innings as Class A Advanced Clearwater beat Fort Myers in 12 innings, 4-3.
Halladay began the 2001 season in the FSL with Dunedin, demoted after putting up a 10.64 ERA in 67 2/3 innings with Toronto during the 2000 season. After bouncing between the Minors and the bigs since 1998, things finally clicked and he returned to the Blue Jays by July that year and never looked back.
A workhorse throughout most of his 15-year Major League career, Halladay had never had to make a rehab start after establishing himself for good. But then he missed the last six weeks with a strained right latissimus dorsi muscle in his back he suffered during a May 27 start with Philadelphia.
So there he was with the Threshers on Thursday, getting back up to speed before he rejoins the Phillies.
"He was happy just to get back out on the mound again," Philadelphia director of player development Joe Jordan told MLB.com. "It had been a while since he was out there."
The 35-year-old was 4-5 with a 3.98 ERA in 72 1/3 innings with the Phillies this season before being sidelined. He also had 56 strikeouts and only 14 walks.
Jordan was simply happy that Halladay was back on the mound facing live competition. His velocity was reported to be between 87-90 miles per hour, touching as high as 91.
"He was a little rusty, but that surprised no one," said Jordan. "He got his work in, that's the important thing. He was executing. His two-seam fastball at times looked good and his breaking ball was in the zone quite a bit. There wasn't a whole lot of damage. Only one ball was hit hard off him."
The lone run off Halladay came in the first inning, when the Miracle's Daniel Santana reached on a missed catch by Clearwater first baseman Jim Murphy and later scored. Jordan said Halladay was limited to a pitch count of 60, but threw some more in the bullpen after his outing.
The eight-time All-Star is 192-97 in his career in the Majors with a 3.25 ERA. He was traded from Toronto to Philadelphia before the 2010 season.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(d) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share payable on account of any project provided for by funds made available under the provisions of this section shall not exceed 66 2/3 per centum of the total cost thereof plus, in any State containing unappropriated and unreserved public lands and nontaxable Indian lands, individual and tribal, exceeding 5 per centum of the total area of all lands therein, a percentage of the remaining 33 1/3 per centum of such cost equal to the percentage that the area of such lands in such State is of its total area: Provided, That such Federal share payable on any project in any State shall not exceed 95 per centum of the total cost of such project.
(c) INDIAN RESERVATIONS AND LANDS.—For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of Indian reservation roads and
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bridges and roads and bridges to provide access to Indian reservations and Indian lands under the provisions of the Act approved May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 750), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated the sum of $12,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1960, and a like sum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961: Provided, That the location, type, and design of all roads and bridges constructed shall be approved by the Secretary of Commerce before any expenditures are made thereon, and all such construction shall be under the general supervision of the Secretary of Commerce.
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 10 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations the additional sum of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1959, and the sum of $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 1960, and June 30, 1961.
Any funds authorized herein for forest highways, forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian roads, and public lands highways shall be available for contract upon apportionment, or a date not earlier than one year preceding the beginning of the fiscal year for which authorized if no apportionment is required: Provided, That any amount remaining unexpended two years after the close of the fiscal year for which authorized shall lapse. The Secretary of the department charged with the administration of such funds is hereby granted authority to incur obligations, approve projects, and enter into contracts under such authorizations, and his action in doing so shall be deemed a contractual obligation of the Federal Government for the payment of the cost thereof, and such funds shall be deemed to have been expended when so obligated. Any funds heretofore, herein, or hereafter authorized for any fiscal year for forest highways, forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian roads, and public lands highways shall be deemed to have been expended if a sum equal to the total of the sums authorized for such fiscal year and previous fiscal years since and including the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, shall have been obligated. Any of such funds released by payment of final voucher or modification of project authorization shall be credited to the balance of unobligated authorizations and be immediately available for expenditure.
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 374) is amended by renumbering section 122 as section 123 and inserting a new section 122, as follows:
"(d) Whenever any portion of the Interstate System is located upon or adjacent to any public lands or reservations of the United States, the Secretary of Commerce may make such arrangements and enter into such agreements with the agency having jurisdiction over such lands or reservations as may be necessary to carry out the national policy set forth in subsection (a) of this section, and any such
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Curated by Elgin natives Sara Krikau and Erin Rehberg, ETDF brings "big city" dance to Elgin by showcasing works by local and national choreographers. The presentation includes a mix of genres including media, performance art, and traditional ballet and modern dance performed by professional and student artists alike.
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Elgin Ties Dance is an Elgin based collaboration between choreographers, Erin Rehberg of CORE PROJECT CHICAGO, and Sara Krikau of Veritydance New York. Natives of Elgin, Erin and Sara crossed paths in 2012. Naturally, sharing the same vision and passion to see dance thrive and spark new art in Elgin, they started working together to form the Elgin Ties Dance Festival.
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As someone who is the mother of an IT professional, I am well aware of how important it is to have high quality, reliable remote control software for use by businesses that need to perform service on their client's computers.
It's always imperative that any remote control software provides functionality as well as impeccable security. Proxy Pro 7 supplies just those requirements with 256 bit encryption — the highest in its class.
Proxy Pro clients are giving out kudos for the software, which also includes such features as:
- Connection management (polling, always on service and next-gen Addressing); Windows authentication;
- Authorization: (the ability to customize the authorization by role and apply it to specific computers), by IP address or even in stealth mode.
- Encryption: Key Strength can be anywhere from 92 to 256 bits (the default) as well as Algorithms ( state-of-the-art AES or RSA and DES.
- Auditing: Built into the software too is the auditing feature with which you can show the details of your connection-related actions in the Windows Event log on the computer.
How could your business use Proxy Pro 7? Perhaps for training existing employees or customers; immediate hardware and software support; and it works with Windows 7, Mac and Linux. Works with mobile devices, desktops and servers worldwide.
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Could Katy Perry be headed to Vegas?
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Katy Perry could be on her way to getting a show of her own at the Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas.
According to the "Las Vegas Sun," insiders at Caesars Entertainment are saying the pop star is being considered for a short-term residency at the venue, during the times of year that Britney Spears' "Piece Of Me" show is on break.
The rumors arrive shortly after Katy spent her New Year's Eve performing a top-secret concert for a group of high-profile names in Sin City. Sources say executives at the Vegas company are still in the process of selecting artists to take over the Planet Hollywood stage during Britney's off weeks, and that future performers are expected to be announced in the coming months.
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So Backtrack 4 is based on Ubuntu or Debian. To be honest I would be much more peaceful if it would be based on Debian.
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69


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Halperin's Game Change takes hits from an unlikely critic
And now, a special guest commentary on Game Change, the new book about the 2008 presidential election by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann:
For most of my time covering presidential elections, I shared the view that there was a direct correlation between the skills needed to be a great candidate and a great president. The chaotic and demanding requirements of running for president, I felt, were a perfect test for the toughest job in the world.
But now I think I was wrong. The "campaigner equals leader" formula that inspired me and so many others in the news media is flawed.
[W]hat do those of us who cover politics do now?
Well, we pause, take a deep breath and resist. At least sometimes. In the face of polls and horse-race maneuvering, we can try to keep from getting sucked in by it all. We should examine a candidate's public record and full life as opposed to his or her campaign performance. But what might appear simple to a voter can, I know, seem hard for a journalist.
If past is prologue, the winners of the major-party nominations will be those who demonstrate they have what it takes to win. But in the short time remaining voters and journalists alike should be focused on a deeper question: Do the candidates have what it takes to fill the most difficult job in the world?
Oh, wait: I'm sorry. That isn't a commentary about Game Change. That's from an op-ed published by the New York Times on November 25, 2007. The author? Mark Halperin [1].
(Ana Marie Cox [2] has found another example of Halperin violating his own prescriptions for better journalism.)
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