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Kelly 248: Serco's Boeing Chemical Toyshop, ConAir Sister's SES Visas, Mueller's Binary SWAT
General John F. Kelly
White House Chief of Staff
Washington, D.C. 20528
Open letter from the Cloud Centric Crime Scene Investigators of Abel Danger
April 10, 2018
Dear General Kelly:
Please accept Brief 248 from Field McConnell – United States Marine Corps whistle-blower and Global Operations Director of Abel Danger (AD) – on the late chemical-warfare expert Victor Rothschild's colleagues at Serco's investment banker N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd. who apparently tasked Nicholas and Rupert Soames, two of Winston Churchill's grandsons, with transferring custody of 'Churchill's Toyshop' – a British weapon R&D organisation of WWII – onto the federal bridge certification authority (FBCA) network so that key holders with access to Boeing Co's Encryption for asymmetric data links US7023996B2 Priority date 2001-05-04, allegedly developed by Serco and former Boeing Phantom Works director Dr. Pamela Drew, could conceal asymmetric warfare attacks on the United States and its allies or their innocent enemies with for example, The US Secretary of Army's Binary chemical warhead US4699061A.
McConnell claims that the Soames Brothers established an online register of improvised patented devices (IPDs?) which could be licensed from an online Churchill's Toyshop through the offices of Northern Trust, where Serco's Alien Property Custodian in Chicago allegedly allowed Serco agents to target various buildings, including Trump Tower, in New York on 9/11 before finally selecting binary weapons used in death-pool drone and demolish attacks on WTC 1, 2 & 7.
McConnell claims that the Soames Brothers are using Mendenhall's Baby or pedophile oath rituals to blackmail members of the U.S. Senior Executive Service (SES) including McConnell's sister Kristine Marcy, the founder of the U.S. Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System a.k.a. ConAir, and further claims that Serco has issued visas to ConAir SWAT teams embedded in the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency to execute asymmetric missions per examples below:
1. SES Conair's Prisoner tracking and warning system and corresponding methods US6054928A with expert-system (i.e. including fuzzy logic, reinforcement learning, neural networks, artificial intelligence, etc.) algorithms – allegedly used by Robert Mueller, former FBI director and Marine Corps veteran, to coordinate SWAT teams attacks with binary weapons and sabotage the investigations into the murder of John O'Neill in the WTC complex on 9/11 and the Amerithrax attacks a few weeks later and the recent chemical attacks on Douma, Syria;
2. Mysis International Banking Systems Limited (London, GB)'s System and method for leveraging location to enhance banking services US 9875478 – Allegedly used by Rupert Soames to track payments to Marcy's ConAir SWAT teams and crisis actors for the Novichok attacks and to warn crisis actors via social networking websites or manual and/or automated check-in on such websites of the fates of prospective whistleblowers;
3. Howard Lutnick's Real-time interactive wagering on event outcomes CA 2460367 A – allegedly used by one of Serco's CAI private equity investors, the late General Alexander Haig; the Greek Life associates of Bill Clinton (Phi Beta Kappa) and Wilbur Ross (Kappa Beta Phi; note his 25 years at N M Rothschild!) and, the recently-appointed Serco director Dr. Pamela Drew for binary body-count wagering on 9/11 through the federal bridge war rooms of Boeing Phantom Works in Boeing's new Chicago HQ;
4. Lockheed Martin Corp's Rocket-boosted guided hard target penetrator US6276277B1 Priority date 1999-04-22 .. 2001-08-21 Grant – allegedly used by Dr. Drew's colleagues at Boeing Phantom Works with guidance and control units on delivery aircraft to steer bomb dive lines into WTC 1 & 2 on 9/11 and ignite explosives after target penetration;
5. Evonik Degussa GmbH's Pyrogenically produced silicon dioxide powder and dispersion thereof US7537833B2 – allegedly used as a calling card for attacks on Serco enemies by ConAir SWAT teams equipped with CBRNE – Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive materials;
6. Northwestern University's Metal organic frameworks for the catalytic detoxification of chemical warfare nerve agents US20170128761A1 – allegedly used to conceal stocks of powdered Novichok nerve agent for the recent attack on Sergei Skripal, a retired Russian military intelligence colonel who spied for Britain;
7. QinetiQ North America Inc's Social Engineering Protection Appliance US9123027B2 – allegedly used by the UK's National Crime Squad (NCS); SES alumnus Robert Mueller as head of the Special Counsel investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and Oliver 'Buck' Revell, former Marine Corps Captain and former SES-6 Director for FBI Criminal Investigative, Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Intelligence, to capture (steal) oath-taking images from Facebook and silence crisis actors and witnesses with video records of ConAir assassinations and Five Eyes pedophile rings.
McConnell reminds you that Buck Revell (warned by Serco's Rothschild bankers?) is reported to have pulled his son and daughter-in-law off Pan Am Flight 103 just before takeoff from London's Heathrow airport at 18:25 hours on 21 December 1988 (a few weeks after McConnell told his sister how to drone ConAir aircraft) and saved his family from a SMEAC* Unabomb event over Lockerbie, Scotland at 19:02:50 with a body count of 270 = 243 passengers + 16 crew + 11 people on the ground.
With this 248th Kelly public briefing and references at http://www.abeldanger.org, we ask you to pre-empt any possible further attacks through Churchill's Toyshop on the federal bridge by stripping Serco and the Senior Executive Service out of any contracts with the United States and transferring custody of Boeing's Encryption for asymmetric data links US7023996B2 from Serco bankers and shareholders to President Donald Trump and the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity.
Trump saw on 9/11/2001: bombs were used in WTC
911 DOOMSDAY PLANE? New York and Washington D.C..
Churchills Toyshop
Meet Field's Sister, Kristine Marcy (Sister Abel, Brother Cain)
Con Air, Trailer
SERCO GROUP PLC: List of Subsidiaries AND Shareholders! [Note representatives of Serco's private-equity groups, investment banker N M Rothschild (Wilbur Ross?) and shareholders, including the British and Saudi governments, AXA, Allianz, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and the TIAA pension fund met, in a junket (wagering command center) room on the 47th Floor of North Tower (WTC1) on 9/11!]
Yours sincerely,
Field McConnell
P O Box 39
Plum City WI 54761″
"Digital Fires Instructor Serco – [Marine Corps Base!] Camp Pendleton, CA Uses information derived from all military disciplines (e.g., aviation, ground combat, command and control, combat service support, intelligence, and opposing forces) to determine changes in enemy capabilities, vulnerabilities, and probable courses of action."
"Syria chemical attack: Scores killed in Douma, rescuers say. Government forces accused of dropping poisonous chemicals on last rebel stronghold in Eastern Ghouta.
8 Apr 2018
A chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held stronghold near Syria's capital, Damascus, has killed at least 70 people and affected hundreds, rescue workers have told Al Jazeera.
The White Helmets, a group of rescuers operating in opposition-held areas in Syria, said on Saturday that most of the fatalities were women and children.
"Seventy people suffocated to death and hundreds are still suffocating," Raed al-Saleh, head of the White Helmets, told Al Jazeera, adding that the death toll was expected to rise as many people were in critical condition.
Al-Saleh said that chlorine gas and an unidentified but stronger gas were dropped on Douma."
"WIRED Exclusive: Tracing ISIS' Weapons Supply Chain—Back to the US …. Spleeters suspected that the tubes, trigger mechanisms, and fins of the new rockets were all the work of ISIS engineers, but he thought the warheads likely came from somewhere else. After discovering similar weapons over the past six months, he has grown to believe that ISIS may have captured the warheads from antigovernment militias in the Syrian civil war that had been secretly armed by Saudi Arabia and the United States.
But he needs more evidence to prove it. If he can find more launchers and more warheads, Spleeters believes he can build up enough proof—for the first time—that ISIS is repurposing powerful explosive ordnance, purchased by the US, for use in urban combat against the Iraqi army and its American special operations partners. For ISIS to produce such sophisticated weapons marks a significant escalation of its ambition and ability. It also provides a disturbing glimpse of the future of warfare, where dark-web file sharing and 3-D printing mean that any group, anywhere, could start a homegrown arms industry of its own."
"A 'Magnificent Bastard' Is Investigating Russian Meddling in the US
Military.com By Richard Sisk
The only time I ever met Robert Swan Mueller III did not go over too well with his security detail.
This was in 2001 as Mueller faced his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to become FBI Director. There was milling about before the hearing started. Mueller was at the back of the room huddled with aides and the passing senator or two who stopped to greet him.
I was a reporter covering the hearing. I approached and for whatever reason blurted out "Hey, you Magnificent Bastard," or maybe just "Hey Bastard," which was sometimes how members of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, greeted each other. Members of 2/4 have officially been dubbed "Magnificent Bastards" since 1964, and origins of the term possibly go back to World War II.
The intense, and large, denizens of the security detail with Mueller began to close on this approaching fool with a pencil and a notebook. Mueller, as I recall, also looked surprised and then laughed. We shook hands.
He asked what company I was with. I said "Fox," but told him that I was gone before he arrived in Vietnam in the summer of 1968. He said he was with "Hotel," and that was it.
I may have asked Mueller a question at some point in his 12 years as FBI Director — I don't remember — but that was our only contact.
Some members of my platoon in Fox 2/4 kept in touch after I left — I had been wounded for the second time in June 1968 — and they occasionally mentioned the curious new lieutenant in Hotel Co. They said he was Ivy League, which they thought strange — nobody from an Ivy League school went to Vietnam.
What was even stranger — he didn't curse, at least in front of them — and that was decidedly uncommon for a Marine. They also said that he was "solid," and knew how to listen. And they also liked that he was a "Mustang" — he had enlisted out of Princeton and gone through Parris Island boot camp just like them, and then through Officer Candidate School.
Mueller would earn the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry in his time in Vietnam. The citation for his Bronze Star said that during an attack on his rifle platoon, "2nd Lt. Mueller fearlessly moved from one position to another, directing the accurate counterfire of his men and shouting words of encouragement to them."
During the firefight on Dec. 11, 1968, Mueller "personally led a fire team across the fire-swept terrain to recover a mortally wounded Marine who had fallen in a position forward of the friendly lines," the citation said.
Earlier this week, Mueller was named by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to serve as Special Counsel for the Justice Department.
As Special Counsel, Mueller was directed to investigate "any links and/or coordination between Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump, and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation.""
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the FBI was ordered to reorganize itself from a law enforcement agency to a national security organization. The transformation and the lessons it imparts are documented in a study by Ranjay Gulati, Ryan L. Raffaelli, and Jan W. Rivkin.
It is hard to imagine a more difficult and tragic trial by fire for a new leader. On September 4, 2001, Robert Mueller started his new job as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A mere week later, on September 11, al-Qaeda terrorists carried out a massive coordinated attack on the United States, killing nearly 3,000 people with four hijacked airliners—and throwing the FBI's structure and identity into question.
Since its founding in 1908, the organization had focused primarily on solving domestic crimes and bringing criminals to justice. But in the wake of 9/11, President George W. Bush expanded the FBI's mission with a single question for Mueller: What was the FBI doing to prevent the next terrorist attack? And just like that, the brand-new director of the FBI had to figure out how to transform the organization from a law enforcement agency to a national security organization that not only solved crimes but also prevented attacks."
"Defense Ammunition Center (DAC)
Contract Type
Fixed Price
Period of Performance
10/1/2008 to 9/30/2013
Project Overview:
Since 2008, Serco has assisted DAC with the analysis, design, development, implementation, management/ administration, and evaluation of integrated, enterprise-wide and component-specific training, learning, knowledge management, and strategic human resource management interventions that are critical to achieving their mission. Serco holds an OPM TMA TO with DAC and also a contract through GSA Millenia Lite. When the GSA contract could not support all of DACs needs, Serco recommended the use of the OPM TMA vehicle. Through these contracts, Serco provides training program management support to deliver multi-faceted best practice solutions in training development and delivery, knowledge management, portal technologies, course conversions (ILT and CBT to WBT), mobile performance applications, and Learning Management Systems support. Serco applies the ADDIE model to all course development activities including ILT, WBT, and leading-edge technologies including mobile performance applications. Serco provided LMS support and also developed and continues to manage DAC's Ammunition Community of Excellence."
"US Secretary of Army's Binary chemical warhead US4699061A Abstract Hardware and method are disclosed for mixing at least two non-toxic chemical compounds in a warhead for missiles and artillery projectiles to form a toxic agent during their ballistic travel to a target. The inventive design avoids danger from spills of toxic agent during shipment, handling or storage of chemical ammunition by not allowing the constituents of such agent to mix until shortly before the ammunition impacts the targets. Inventor A. Eugene Jeffers Original Assignee US Secretary of Army 1987-10-13 Grant"
"Destruction of chemical warfare agents using metal–organic frameworks Joseph E. Mondloch .. & Omar K. Farha Nature Materials volume14, pages512–516 (2015) Received: 10 December 2014 Chemical warfare agents containing phosphonate ester bonds are among the most toxic chemicals known to mankind1. Recent global military events, such as the conflict and disarmament in Syria2, have brought into focus the need to find effective strategies for the rapid destruction of these banned chemicals. Solutions are needed for immediate personal protection (for example, the filtration and catalytic destruction of airborne versions of agents), bulk destruction of chemical weapon stockpiles, protection (via coating) of clothing, equipment and buildings, and containment of agent spills3. Solid heterogeneous materials such as modified activated carbon or metal oxides exhibit many desirable characteristics for the destruction of chemical warfare agents4,5,6. However, low sorptive capacities, low effective active site loadings, deactivation of the active site, slow degradation kinetics, and/or a lack of tailorability offer significant room for improvement in these materials. Here, we report a carefully chosen metal–organic framework (MOF) material featuring high porosity and exceptional chemical stability that is extraordinarily effective for the degradation of nerve agents and their simulants. Experimental and computational evidence points to Lewis-acidic ZrIV ions as the active sites and to their superb accessibility as a defining element of their efficacy."
"Encryption for asymmetric data links US7023996B2 Abstract A method is provided for asymmetrically encrypting data communicated between a ground platform and multiple airborne platforms. The method includes packet encrypting ground-based data so as to preserve routing information while encrypting the remaining data. The packet-encrypted data is then transmitted to the airborne platforms. The method also includes bulk encrypting airborne-based data so as to maximize security. The bulk-encrypted data is then transmitted to the ground platform. Original Assignee Boeing Co Priority date 2001-05-04 2006-04-04 US7023996B2 Grant"
"An E-4B is a highly modified Boeing 747 equipped with advanced communications equipment, capable of carrying a crew of up to 112 people and intended as a flying military command posts. One was flying in restricted airspace over the White House on the morning of 9/11. This makes the Pentagon to know nothing of the plane all the more remarkable.
Official narrative As of 2007, the US military had not admitted to knowing anything about the large plane circling over Washington on 9/11. It may still deny knowledge.[citation needed]
Evidence Several witnesses testified to seeing a large white plane fly over the Whitehouse. At 9:54 a.m., correspondent John King, standing near the White House, reported that about ten minutes earlier (i.e. ~9:44 a.m.), there was "a white jet circling overhead."[1] Dan Verton, a former intelligence officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and former senior writer for Computerworld magazine, wrote that "on the morning of September 11, an E-4B was launched from "an airfield outside of the nation's capital." (He did not, however, state which specific base.) This plane was carrying "civilian and military officials," and was going "to conduct a previously scheduled Defense Department exercise." This exercise would involve "the use and testing of the aircraft's various advanced technology and communications equipment."[2]
Significance The [plane appears to have been an E-4B, a National Airborne Operations Center (NAOC) plane, launched by the US military establishment. E-4Bs are highly modified Boeing 747s that act as flying military command posts. The plane was quite possibly participating in Global Guardian.[2] Some[Who?] have suggested that the E4B may have served as the command center for the 9/11 operation.
The first edition of Peter Dale Scott 2014 book The American Deep State features a ghostly looking E4B over the Whitehouse to draw attention to the E4B which flew in restricted airspace on September 11th, 2001, and symbolize the subordination of "democratic" government to the military industrial complex."
"A submarine patent is a patent whose issuance and publication are intentionally delayed by the applicant for a long time, which can be several years, or a decade.[1][2][3] This strategy requires a patent system where, first, patent applications are not published, and, second, patent term is measured from grant date, not from priority or filing date. In the United States, patent applications filed before November 2000 were not published and remained secret until they were granted. Analogous to a submarine, therefore, submarine patents could stay "under water" for long periods until they "emerged" and surprised the relevant market. Persons or companies making use of submarine patents are sometimes referred to as patent pirates.[4][5] The phrase is occasionally used more generally for any patent used in patent ambush.[6][7][8][9]"
"Serco Processes 2 Millionth Patent Application for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
March 19, 2013
RESTON, VIRGINIA – March 18, 2013 – Serco Inc., a leading provider of professional, technology, and management services to the federal government, announced today that their Pre-Grant Publication (PGPubs) Classification Services team recently processed their 2 millionth patent application for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). Each application was also processed within the contractually required 28-day window."
"British components in North Korean rockets, UN finds
Sanctions against the secretive state have not stopped it from sourcing parts from the UK, US and South Korea for its rockets
By Leo Byrne, NK News
1:01PM GMT 27 Mar 2014
North Korea built the Unha-3 rocket, one of the most important missiles in its arsenal, using British, American and South Korean components, United Nations experts have concluded.
The missile also contains off-the-shelf parts from Switzerland and China, as well as parts of Russian Scud missiles.
The majority of the parts, the UN said, did not contravene sanctions and their use "shows the ability of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to assemble complex systems with globally sourced components".
The Unha-3, a three-stage missile which was first unveiled when it was used to launch a satellite into space in December 2012, is the closest that North Korea has come to developing a missile which can deliver a nuclear warhead to the west coast of America.
The analysis from the United Nations, released earlier this month, came just before North Korea launched two medium-range Rodong ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday. The UN security council is planning a closed door meeting on Thursday to discuss a response."
"Salisbury's Nerve Agent and The $70 M Pentagon Program at Porton Down
April 4, 2018
By Dilyana Gaytandzhieva
The Pentagon has spent at least $70 million on military experiments involving tests with deadly viruses and chemical agents at Porton Down -– the UK military laboratory near the city of Salisbury. The secretive biological and chemical research facility is located just 13 km from where on 4th March former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found slumped on a bench following an alleged Novichok nerve agent poisoning.
The Porton Down Lab is located just 13 km from the site where Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found and from where they were rushed to hospital.
Information obtained from the US federal contracts registry reveals that the Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has funded a number of military projects performed at the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), or Porton Down, over the last decade.
Among them: experimental respiratory infection of non-human primates (marmosets) with Anthrax, Ebola virus, Marburg virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Western equine encephalitis virus, and Eastern equine encephalitis virus. The US Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has also funded experiments on animals which were exposed to chemical agents such as Sulfur Mustard and Phosgene gas. Phosgene gas was used as a chemical weapon during World War I where it was responsible for about 85 % of the 100,000 deaths caused by chemical weapons.
DTRA has also been granted full access to DSTL scientific and technical capabilities, and test data under a 2011 contract for the collaboration and exchange of scientific and technical capabilities with the UK Ministry of Defence."
"Rupert Christopher Soames OBE (born 18 May 1959) is a British businessman, CEO of the outsourcing company Serco. .. His brother is the Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Soames .. Soames was educated at St. Aubyns Preparatory School in Rottingdean, East Sussex and Eton College,[2] and then Worcester College at the University of Oxford,[3] during which time he worked as a DJ at the London nightclub Annabel's, as well as being elected to the Presidency of the Oxford Union.[3] .. Upon graduation, he was offered a position at GEC by the managing director Arnold Weinstock. He remained at GEC for 15 years, working in the company's avionics and computing divisions, and became managing director of Avery Berkel, running the company's UK, India, Asia and Africa operations.[4] .. After leaving GEC in 1997, Soames joined the software company Misys as chief executive of its Midas-Kapiti division. He was promoted to chief executive of the Banking and Securities Division in June 2000.[5] Soames left Misys after a disagreement with Misys founder Kevin Lomax on the company's direction, and was appointed chief executive of power hire group Aggreko in June 2003,[6] replacing Philip Harrower who died when his car collided with a train in the United States.[7]"
"Sir Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames (born 12 February 1948), sometimes known as Nick Soames, is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex since 1997. He is a grandson of Winston Churchill.
Soames was first elected to Parliament in 1983 for Crawley. He was Minister of State for the Armed Forces from 1994 to 1997 in the government of John Major. His main political interests are defence, international relations, rural affairs and industry. ..
In 1970, he was appointed Equerry to HRH The Prince of Wales; he has remained a close friend of the Prince ever since and publicly criticised Diana, Princess of Wales, during the couple's estrangement. When Diana first accused the Prince of Wales of adultery with Camilla Parker Bowles, Soames told the BBC that the accusation, and Diana's fear of being slandered by her husband's courtiers, stemmed merely from Diana's mental illness, and "the advanced stages of paranoia".[5] Charles later admitted his adultery and Soames apologised. When questioned by the inquest into the death of Diana, Soames said that he saw his job as "to speak up for the Prince of Wales". He denied threatening Diana [who may have been seen as a prospective whistleblower for ConAir pedophile or Mendenhall oath rituals], and warning her, "accidents happen" in the months before she died.[6]
In 1972, he left Kensington Palace and the army to work as a stockbroker. In 1974, he became a personal assistant; first to Sir James Goldsmith and then in 1976 to United States Senator Mark Hatfield, whose employ he left in 1978 [was he at Kristine Marcy's Mendenhall Baby conception in November 1978?] to become a director of Bland Welch, Lloyd's Brokers. Between 1979–81, he was an assistant director of the Sedgwick Group.[citation needed] He fought Central Dunbartonshire in Scotland in 1979, where Labour's Hugh McCartney defeated him by 12,003 votes."
"'Now You Can Be Both' Mother, Professional
By Judy Mann August 8, 1979
Kristine Mary, now a supergrade in the Office of Personnel Management, had her first chile 2 1/2 years ago, when she was a budget examiner in the Office of Management and Budget. At nights she was finishing up her law degree at George Washington University.
"My baby was due the 17th of December. My last exam was on the 15th. I went to work, took off a little early, took my exam, went home,wondering why I felt so bad. Imimmediately, I went into labor. It blew everybody's mind that I could wrap up everything at work, wrap up everything at school and have my baby. That was of the all-time coup."
She had succeeded, beyond a question, in proving that she could do it all — that she could work during her entire pregnancy in the high-pressure atmosphere of OMB and also finish law school.
Kristine Marcy's second child was due August 5 and again, she has worked throughout her pregnancy, this time as assistant director for human resources for veterans and labor programs. She has turned 32 and has been in demanding, supergrade jobs since her daughter was 8 months old. Her husband, Eric Marcy, is an assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia in the fraud division.
Kristine Marcy has noticed subtle but important changes in her working environment since her last pregnancy. People, she says, are a little more realistic about working mothers and pregnant women. Maybe a little more relaxed about it.And she says she doesn't feel she has to prove a point anymore.
"There's just a lot more familiarity with pregnant women in major jobs around government. It's not such a shock." Several years ago, she believes, women felt they had to be either mothers or professionals. "Now you can be both," she says. It's acceptable to show some emotion, it's acceptable to alter your job style. I think that's happening across the board, though, for men and for women."
She worked to the end of her first pregnancy to prove that it could be done. Had she felt sick, she says, she would have stayed home if necessary and found some other way of explaning her absence to the office. "Now, I would just say, look, I feel rotten and I'm staying home, even if it was obvious it was pregnancy related. I don't feel it's really a question of having to prove yoursele anymore . . . I've proved myself. Obviously, I can stay up all night [with a sick child] and still come into work. I don't think I carry that burden anymore."
She feels pregnancy and motherhood are accepted "in stride" by her coworkers. "I don't get probing questions or the advice I got the first time. I just couldn't walk down the hall without people saying it's a boy or it's a girl. I haven't gotten nearly the unsolicited comments.
"I was very conscious that all the men whe worked for me would go home and ask their wives what it's like, so they would know how to deal with me. I assumed that. I don't know that any of them did. I tried to keep my pregnancy secret as long as possible and have them find out I've been pregnant for four months and hadn't behaved any differently."
Mendenhall's baby [Conceived by Nicholas Soames?] was due in early August [1979]. "I now work from about 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Everybody at work has so afraid of being offensive, that they ignore it.""
"Subject: "Con-Air" in 1/6 San Diego Union Tribune [news article] You won't need a reservation on this airline — no matter how many travelers flood the airport. .. Call it ConAir and Little knows what you mean. It's the name the air transport system has picked up inside the U.S. Marshals Service, which flies a fleet of 13 airplanes on regular routes across the country every day. During the past year, the prisoner airline spent $24 million moving more than 100,000 federal inmates — including 12,000 from San Diego — to and from trials, prisons and medical centers nationwide. … Among the most infamous of its recent travelers were Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski and the men accused in the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh. Nichols and McVeigh were transported in the dead of night in an operation much akin to a clandestine military operation, Little said. He did not want to go into details but mentioned that a decoy plane was among the ploys used to guard against possible attempts by supporters to free the suspects.
Federal officials have always been circumspect about the fine points of prisoner movement. But ConAir soon could gain a higher public profile with the planned release in June of a movie by the same name. In the Disney film, Nicolas Cage plays a hapless prisoner who wanders into a hijack plot aboard a Marshals Service plane carrying a group of high-security inmates.
The Hollywood marshals rough up some of the prisoners, and the plane crashes, leaving the real Marshals Service frowning on the silver screen's invention, said Kristine Marcy, a top official in charge of detentions. … Prisoners — mostly people being held for entering the country with false documents — are flown from San Diego to Las Vegas, where they are housed in the city jail. They are flown back a few days later for deportation hearings. .. Because of the San Diego jail space problem, there was no holiday break here for ConAir. While flights in other parts of the country were cut back during the Christmas season, San Diego continued its rigorous schedule of two flights every weekday and one each Saturday and Sunday.
Marcy said the air transportation system inspires a high level of commitment in its personnel. "People are always willing to be on standby or to work overtime," she said, noting that the planes are not always used for prisoner transport. After a hurricane flattened parts of the Virgin Islands last year, the prisoner transportation system flew in some of the first reinforcements to help establish law and order, she said.
After the Oklahoma City bombing, the airline flew evidence to the FBI crime laboratory in Washington, D.C., she said.
With planes crisscrossing the country, traveling through multiple time zones and even venturing around the globe, scheduling and tracking have gone high-tech. It's all accomplished from a scheduling center in Kansas City, Mo., referred to as the "travel agency" for ConAir. It handles up to 500 electronic requests for flights each day, federal officials say.
Flight tracking begins an hour before the first plane takes off. Throughout the day, employees monitor the movements of every plane until the last craft is safely on the ground.
On board, a crew of deputy U.S. marshals, aviation enforcement officers and contract guards keeps order in the rear of the plane. Passengers are loaded under high security at a remote area of an airport. Seat assignments are not optional.
The planes fly out of a hub in Oklahoma City, the center of the country, making large loops east and west, dropping off and picking up passengers as they land at 40 major cities.
The planes also loop along separate West Coast and East Coast circuits.
.. He said jail cells, which generally are rented by the Marshals Service to hold federal prisoners until they are sentenced to a long-term facility, can cost up to $100 a night on the East Coast, while in Texas or Louisiana the cost of a cell might run as low as $35 a night.
"You make up the cost of moving a prisoner pretty quickly at that rate," Little said.
He said other reasons for moving prisoners include the need to separate gang members or suspects testifying against each other.
ConAir also moves inmates for the federal Bureau of Prisons, which may want to transfer someone from a high-to low-security facility.
Higher-security prison space is most expensive, Little explained, so prison authorities like to quickly move people who do not need the extra supervision."
"Prisoner Escorting and Court Services
Serco delivers safe and secure prisoner Escort services on behalf of justice departments. We quickly and efficiently move people between prisons or police stations and court appearances, and care for them within the court environment.
We deliver the Prison Escort Contract (PECS) in London and the East of England.
We escort on average 24,000 prisoners per month using a fleet of nearly 200 specialist cellular and multi-purpose vehicles and a workforce of 1,200 staff based at 76 locations across the service area.
We transport prisoners to and from 24 crown courts, 43 magistrates' courts, 24 prisons and 131 police stations.
We provide services to many of the most high profile courts in England and Wales, including the Royal Courts of Justice, the Central Criminal Court and Westminster Magistrates' Courts.
We are working with the Ministry of Justice and HMCTS to reduce the number of people that have to travel, using Mobile Video Court Services to link courts with the prisoner."
"Opened in 1994 as the successor to the Transitional Immigrant Visa Processing Center in Rosslyn, Va., the NVC centralizes all immigrant visa pre-processing and appointment scheduling for overseas posts. The NVC collects paperwork and fees before forwarding a case, ready for adjudication, to the responsible post.
The center also handles immigrant and fiancé visa petitions, and while it does not adjudicate visa applications, it provides technical assistance and support to visa-adjudicating consular officials overseas.
Only two Foreign Service officers, the director and deputy director, work at the center, along with just five Civil Service employees. They work with almost 500 contract employees doing preprocessing of visas, making the center one of the largest employers in the Portsmouth area.
The contractor, Serco, Inc., has worked with the NVC since its inception and with the Department for almost 18 years.
The NVC houses more than 2.6 million immigrant visa files, receives almost two million pieces of mail per year and received more than half a million petitions from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) in 2011. Its file rooms' high-density shelves are stacked floor-to-ceiling with files, each a collection of someone's hopes and dreams and each requiring proper handling. ….
The NVC also preprocesses the chief of mission (COM) application required for the filing of a petition for a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV). Such visas, for foreign nationals who have performed services for the U.S. government in Iraq and Afghanistan, require COM concurrence before the applicant can file a petition with USCIS. The NVC collects the requisite documents from such applicants and, when complete, forwards the package to the U.S. embassies in Baghdad or Kabul for COM approval"
"Sued for Fraud by DOJ, Security Co That Cleared Snowden Works for U.S. Immigration
The federal contractor sued by the Justice Department for failing to adequately conduct government security clearances—including NSA leaker Edward Snowden—is processing sensitive immigration applications for the Obama administration.
This astounding information comes from a high-ranking government source with detailed knowledge of the arrangement. Though it's being investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for fraud, United States Investigations Services (USIS), has been taking over a lot of administrative processing of immigration benefit applications, the inside source told Judicial Watch. The scandal-plagued company is also handling sensitive immigration files, despite its well-documented transgressions.
It's preposterous that a company under fraud investigation is still allowed to handle sensitive government applications, JW's source logically points out. Here's how it happens; Most of USIS's executives are retired officials who worked for the influential Senior Executive Service at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the agency that operates and oversees nearly every government activity in dozens of federal agencies. Their connections help them land federal contracts, JW's source says, and once they land the lucrative deals they convince the government to let them do their own quality assurance so they cut corners.
The serious corner cutting came to light after Snowden, a National Security Administration contractor, divulged thousands of classified documents to the media. USIS, which handles the bulk of background checks for government security clearances, had conducted Snowden's background check as well as the clearance for Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis. Since the two breaches occurred, former USIS employees have come forward accusing the company of unrealistic deadlines and workloads, dumping cases and producing incomplete background checks to meet revenue goals.
As part of its fraud probe of USIS, which is based in Falls Church, Virginia, the DOJ filed a lawsuit in federal court earlier this year accusing the contractor of failing to adequately conduct security checks in 40% of the cases it handled for the government. USIS submitted at least 665,000 incomplete background checks to OPM, the agency that officially contracts firms to do government work, the complaint says. It further alleges that USIS dumped and flushed cases, falsely representing them as completed, to maximize the company's revenues and profits.
Months before it filed the complaint, the DOJ announced that it had launched an investigation of USIS, which the agency revealed had been contracted by the U.S. government since 1996 to perform background investigations on individuals seeking employment with various federal agencies. In the announcement a high-ranking federal prosecutor said USIS's shortcuts would not be tolerated and that the DOJ would take action against those who charge taxpayers for services they failed to provide, "services that could place our country's security at risk."
The top federal prosecutor in the Alabama district where the DOJ filed the USIS lawsuit added that "the increase in foreign and domestic terrorism places an increased responsibility on our government to ensure that unsuitable individuals are prohibited from government employment." That means thorough, appropriate and accurate background checks are essential in the employment of government personnel, the assistant U.S. Attorney said. It appears from the written announcement that the feds get it, but their actions (letting a tainted company handle sensitive immigration files) tell a different story."
"Prior to SBA, [Field McConnell's sister] Ms. [Kristine] Marcy served in several roles at the Department of Justice, including Senior Counsel for Detention and Deportation at the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), where she oversaw the full range of INS detention and deportation programs and addressed multiple infrastructure and management problems stemming from rapid growth (up 45 percent) in the detention program. Prior to her position at INS, Ms. Marcy served for five years as the Associate Director for Operations Support of the Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service (USMS). There, she directed DOJ's detention program for more than 23,000 prisoners (the nation's largest). In 1995, she was assigned responsibility by the Attorney General for developing a DOJ-wide transportation system [ConAir] known as the Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System, or JPATS-a nationwide network of leased commercial and government-owned aircraft and ground vehicles. While at the USMS, she also developed a prisoner medical services program and directed the agency's $1.6 billion seized assets program that redirected proceeds forfeited by criminals and crime organizations to local and Federal law enforcement. Prior to the USMS, she was the Associate Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Justice, where she served as a lawyer who prepared the Deputy Attorney General for duties related to budget and appropriations, executive personnel, and other management areas. She also oversaw activities of the Justice Management Division, Bureau of Prisons, Office of Justice Programs, the Inspector General, and the U.S. Trustees (bankruptcy program)."
"Ministry of Defence 1 (MD1), also known as "Churchill's Toyshop", was a British weapon research and development organisation of the Second World War."
"Winston Churchill's shocking use of chemical weapons The use of chemical weapons in Syria has outraged the world. But it is easy to forget that Britain has used them – and that Winston Churchill was a powerful advocate for them Secrecy was paramount. Britain's imperial general staff knew there would be outrage if it became known that the government was intending to use its secret stockpile of chemical weapons. But Winston Churchill, then secretary of state for war, brushed aside their concerns. As a long-term advocate of chemical warfare, he was determined to use them against the Russian Bolsheviks. In the summer of 1919, 94 years before the devastating strike in Syria, Churchill planned and executed a sustained chemical attack on northern Russia. The British were no strangers to the use of chemical weapons. During the third battle of Gaza in 1917, General Edmund Allenby had fired 10,000 cans of asphyxiating gas at enemy positions, to limited effect. But in the final months of the first world war, scientists at the governmental laboratories at Porton in Wiltshire developed a far more devastating weapon: the top secret "M Device", an exploding shell containing a highly toxic gas called diphenylaminechloroarsine. The man in charge of developing it, Major General Charles Foulkes, called it "the most effective chemical weapon ever devised"."
"Serco farewell to NPL after 19 years of innovation
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Serco said goodbye to the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) at the end of December 2014 after 19 years of extraordinary innovation and science that has seen the establishment build a world-leading reputation and deliver billions of pounds of benefit for the UK economy. During that period under Serco's management and leadership, NPL has delivered an extraordinary variety and breadth of accomplishments for the UK's economy and industry. Some of the key achievements during that time have been: – .. It has been estimated that work carried out by the Centre of Carbon Measurement at NPL will save eight million tonnes of carbon emissions reductions (2% of UK footprint) and over half a billion pounds in economic benefit over the next decade. … NPL's caesium fountain atomic clock is accurate to 1 second in 158 million years and NPL is playing a key role in introducing rigour to high frequency trading in the City through NPLTime. .. "I'm also immensely proud of Serco's track record in managing and operating a key UK asset. NPL is quite rightly recognised as one of the top three NMIs in the world, despite having a limited budget compared with many others. .. We leave the NPL in a very healthy state."
"CBRNE (pronounced "C-B-R-N-E") is an acronym for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive materials. These materials are very dangerous, and can hurt many people. When they are used on purpose, CBRNE materials are weapons of mass destruction. However, CBRNE events can also happen accidentally.[1] A report from the White House in 2011 said "there is no greater danger to the [United States] than a terrorist attack with a weapon of mass destruction."[2] Because CBRNE weapons are so dangerous, countries around the world are working on preventing CBRNE attacks, and learning how to react to them if they do happen.[3]"
"The Emergency Planning College also known as "the Hawkhills" is a company based in the United Kingdom which is involved in activities to promote organisational resilience. Since 2010 the college has been operated by Serco, delivering training approved by the Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) of the Cabinet Office. The college buildings are located at Easingwold near York in England. … Simulation and Media Support The method of delivering an exercise is flexible and will be designed with the client to meet their requirements with options ranging from simple paper-based delivery through to full use of their real communications systems and advance computer simulation. In addition, media play can also be added in the form of news injects and the provision of experienced journalists and television crews to help test procedures and also assist in training key staff."
"The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is an agency within the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and is the official Combat Support Agency for countering weapons of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high explosives). According to the agency's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2018 to 2022, the DTRA mission "enables DoD and the U.S. Government to prepare for and combat weapons of mass destruction and improvised threats and to ensure nuclear deterrence."[1] The agency is headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia."
"We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newly appointed or transferring members of the Senior Executive Service. We hope you find DTRA to be a stimulating and rewarding environment where senior leaders work collaboratively across the spectrum of the 3 organizations that comprise our "one team" to resolve some of our most challenging national security issues.
The following charts provide a list of SES benefits and onboarding requirements. The J1 Executive Resources Management Office will provide additional information during in-processing.
Certification of Appointment/
Lapel Pin
Given to newly appointed SES members. The Certificate of Appointment is signed by the Secretary of Defense with a welcome letter from the Office of Personnel Management.
Professional Liability Insurance
Optional for members of the SES. Provisions are in place for partial reimbursement of professional liability insurance, up to $150 a year.
SES Induction Ceremony
Offered to newly appointed career SES. The ceremony celebrates your appointment to the SES and is an opportunity to formally introduce you to the Agency.
SES Flag
You will be issued an SES flag to display in your office while at DTRA. The flags are purchased with federal funds and are considered the property of the U.S. Government.
Upon arrival, you will be provided a package of SES stationery and envelopes.
Parking Decal
You will receive a parking decal specifically designed for member of the SES. The decal allows you to park in any designed parking spaces for SES and General/Flag Officers when in DoD properties.
Official Photo/Biography
You will be required to complete an official photo and biography. Senior leadership pictures are posted on boards throughout the Headquarters and biographies placed on DTRA1.
Financial Interest Disclosure
Members of the SES are required to file a Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) within 30 days of appointment to the SES.
Defense Talent Management System (DTMS
SES in the DoD are required to participate in the Defense Talent and Succession Management (T&SM) process. The T&SM panel annually assesses competencies available in the career SES corps, reviews/ recommends individual executive development needs, and slates candidates for all Tier 2 and 3 positions. SES career biographies, position information, and career goals are maintained on the DTMS website.
Performance Management
Within the first 30 days at DTRA, you should work with your Rating Official to develop a performance plan. The SES performance cycle is October 1 – September 30, annually. Performance plans are established, monitored, and completed via the DoD Executive Performance Appraisal Tool (EPAT). EPAT is a CAC enabled web-based performance system.
Executive Development Plans (EDPs)
SES members are expected to participate in leadership development training and other activities for career growth/personal development. Executive Development Plans are used to document your training/ leadership activities over a 3-year period. Progress is reviewed in conjunction with the performance management cycle."
"Project Inspire – Site rationalisation programme
27. The aim of the site rationalisation programme is to achieve more effective working between staff, originally spread over 15 different sites. After detailed study, the Dstl Board decided to rationalise Dstl's activities onto three core sites-Porton Down, Fort Halstead and Portsdown West with an enclave at Alvestoke) by 2009. The plan was approved by Ministers in November 2003.
28. Following this, Dstl set up a project to cover the construction needed at Porton Down and Portsdown West to achieve the 3 core site plan and the provision of facilities management for these sites. An invitation to tender for the contract was produced, a preferred bidder selected and detailed contract negotiations concluded.
29. Prior to Serco's appointment as Preferred Bidder on 10th August 2005 the tender evaluation had resulted in a clear understanding of the 3 bidders' proposals and how they would impact upon Dstl in due diligence and beyond. As a result the 15-year facilities management contract was awarded to Serco Defence and Aerospace on 24th July 2006."
"Police drop investigation into Serco prisoner transport contract
The outsourcing group said there was no evidence of individual or corporate wrongdoing
By Marion Dakers
7:42AM GMT 19 Dec 2014
The City of London Police has closed an investigation into Serco's prisoner transport contract after more than a year of work, enabling the firm to continue with the contract until 2018.
The Ministry of Justice called in the police in August 2013 to examine whether Serco had misleadingly recorded prisoners as being ready for court when they were not, in order to meet the performance criteria of the contract.
However, Serco said on Friday that the probe into the Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contract had been closed after the police found no evidence to support bringing charges against the outsourcing firm or its staff.
"The information obtained was also sufficient for the City of London Police to conclude there was no evidence of any corporate-wide conspiracy or an intention to falsify figures to meet the DRACT [designated ready and available for court time] contract requirement by senior Serco management or at the board level of the company," the firm said in a statement.
The Ministry of Justice had said it would end the contract immediately if the firm's board was found to have done wrong."
"UK's Crime Squad picks face-recognition tech
December 3, 2001 Posted: 9:07 a.m. EST (1407 GMT)
LONDON, England (IDG) — Imagis Technologies Inc. [Chairman Buck Revell] and Serco Group PLC are working with the UK's National Crime Squad (NCS) to develop a facial-recognition application for use in crime fighting.
The squad is working on a national database based on Imagis ID-2000 facial-recognition technology to use as a tool for keeping track of convicted pedophiles and other criminals, Imagis announced at the Biometrics 2001 Conference here on Thursday.
"We are working with both Imagis and Serco on the technology," an NCS spokesman confirmed."
"Nortel Government Solutions, in collaboration with the Department of Justice (DOJ), built the Joint Automated Booking System (JABS) — a centralized system for automating the collection of fingerprint, photographic and biographic data, submitting this data to the FBI, and sharing it with participating law enforcement agencies nationwide."
"NEWS RELEASE API Technologies to Purchase Casino-ID Software Application from Facial Recognition Developer, Imagis Technologies
Vancouver, Canada – November 6, 2001: Imagis Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: IGSTF; CDNX: NAB; Germany: IGY),a leading biometric facial recognition company, today announced that API Technologies LLC will purchase the rights to Imagis' Casino-ID product and will pay royalty fees to Imagis associated with API product sales that incorporate the Casino-ID software application. Casino-ID is an advanced software application for tracking incident-based information and images within the Casino environment..
.. About IMAGIS Imagis (OTCBB: IGSTF; CDNX: NAB; Germany: IGY) is a developer and marketer of software applications and advanced biometric facial recognition software solutions both as products and as a Software Development Kit. These applications provide a range of security solutions in various industry sectors including airports, law enforcement, customs, immigration and other government agencies, and gaming. Imagis currently has over 130 national and international installations within excess of a thousand users of its biometric facial recognition technology, including at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, the world's 16th busiest airport and Oakland International Airport, which serves more than 10 million travelers per year, and several installations throughout Canada, Mexico, and the UK. Imagis markets its products through a network of business partners located in North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Imagis' Chairman is Oliver "Buck" Revell, who served for over 30 years in the FBI, and during his career advanced to the number two-career post of Associate Deputy Director. Imagis is on the web at http://www.imagistechnologies.com.
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In Dari, one of Afghanistan's dominant languages, 'Kuja Meri' translates as 'Where are you going?'
Afghanistan has been submerged in war for nearly four decades. The 1979 Soviet invasion and humiliating retreat almost a decade later led to civil war and the emergence of the Taliban. The US invasion of 2001 continues – America's longest-running war. Afghans are fleeing their country in ever-greater numbers but are being systematically discriminated against because of the ongoing conflict. The international agreements drawn up to deal with Syrian, Iraqi, and Eritrean refugees exclude Afghans, and many face deportation. A major reason for Afghans' limited chances of asylum is rooted in the protracted war, which Western nations are hesitant to admit is a failure.
Dutch photographer, Joël van Houdt, moved to Kabul in 2010 and witnessed, at first hand, the soaring optimism created by the US surge in which money and human resources (well in excess of 100,000 foreign soldiers stationed there) were pumped into the beleaguered state. By the time van Houdt left in 2015, the optimism had turned to utter hopelessness. The question his Afghan friends most routinely asked him was how to leave the country.
For the past four years, van Houdt has been documenting the journeys of Afghan refugees around the world. In Afghanistan, there is a dearth of information about the reality of the refugee experience. In an attempt to address this, the photographs are being simultaneously exhibited on the blast walls in the center of Kabul.
Special thanks to: The Kestrelman Trust for supporting this project.www.joelvanhoudt.com. See Instagram for more pictures: joelvanhoudt #kujameri

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It's launch week for Joelle's latest book, Eden Conquered. During this 3rd stop on the tour, Joelle will join four other YA authors....Justina Ireland, Tiffaney D. Jackson, Anica Mrose Rissi & Robyn Schneider.
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Now... excuse me, Ching? What problem are we attacking here?
The answer to that question is: the profligacy of unhealthy foods in schools.
And the simple solution to the problem is.... well... there isn't one; for "The road is not paved" (phrase that came up in a previous meeting with the Community Food Lab and Mr. Small).
Following my friend and fellow Food Ark adherent, Celia, I stepped through the entrance of the door and into the creative compound (as described in article 1, and 2) where the Community Food Lab lives and grows. Already, I see that two of my other Food Ark members, Sabrina and Daniel, are here chatting and laughing with the others who were there. I sighed in relief and shock, both of which quickly subsided; who am I to think that Sabrina and Daniel, of all people, would be apprehensive about mingling? As soon as I greeted Mr. Maurice Small, Mr. Erin White, Ms. Laura Miller, and the others who were already there, including Ms. Jamison and her son (I will publish a post about <-- very very soon!), the last member, Justin, of that night's group representing my club entered. Another sigh of relief. FYI, this is the second official "Event" that my club has participated in - the first was the cucumber gleaning - so I was still getting the hang of how to actually go about opening up the "Food" community. One step at a time!
That is exactly what Erin did with the workshop. After everyone had arrived, we walked over to the meeting area and each person occupied a comfy little chair. Erin introduced himself, what grade he was going into (his response was very clever: "I sometimes feel super knowledgeable like a graduate student, but other times, I feel like I'm still trying to figure it out, like I'm in kindergarten."), and his favorite fruit (mango; about 4 people said that their favorite fruit was mango). Everyone followed his lead, revealing deep and dark secrets. Of course my father was the one to innovate by misunderstanding "fruit" for "food" so he said that he used to love fanta and twinkies, but after being enlightened with healthy food, he now loves freshly baked bread and watermelon. His response was what the whole booklet is supposed to be about: how to show people that unhealthy foods are bad and healthy foods are the right way to go (in all different aspects from physical benefits to financial benefits) and how to make sure those people stay on the healthy train for the long-run.
|The students hard at work!
We were given these long sheets of paper after our introduction and we were asked to write down where we can find "food" in terms of learning about food and health, to where "food" should be. I wrote down everything from textbooks, to posters, and from school gardens to trashcans. Textbooks because students, the next generation, should know how to eat and what to eat to live a successful and healthy life. Posters because if textbooks fail to attract the eye of a busy and/or lazy student, posters are concise and appealing enough to give that student a lesson within 10 seconds of looking at it. School gardens because I know people who believe that cucumbers are not grown but made and that, my friend, needs to be changed; and what better way of doing it than to let everyone experience the cycle of food first-hand? Trashcans because everywhere ranging from school cafeterias to home kitchens, perfectly edible and good food is wasted. That food can go to feed those who do not have the luxury of throwing away our precious resources (That should be everyone because everyone should be aware of the fact that wasting anything will come back to "haunt" them in all sorts of ways - economically, physically, environmentally. It is, on a rudimentary level, karma.). We were then asked to partner with the person sitting next to us to go over what each other has - comparing and contrasting. I was surprised that I forgot all about where we actually BUY the food that fuels our bodily mechanisms! Supermarkets, farmer's markets, convenience stores! What they have and how they place their food influences the buyer! Erin brought up the good point that that is why most stores stack their checkout counters with the junkiest things out there. Convenience + tastefulness. What more do people want??
|Parents engaging in activities
|Students hard at work 2.0
|Pictured: Celia, Daniel, Justin (me in the background ;))
|Collaboration 2.0
|Collaboration 3.0
|What do we have??
|Connecting all the food-related places to one another!
After the short exercise, it was time for sharing. The students automatically went to the idiosyncrasies of cafeteria food: how bad it is for your health, how easily accessible it is, how processed it is, how weird it tastes (3 notes: salty, sweet or oily), etc. They also brought up the need for schools to implement organic foods, no GMOs, and health classes that actually enforce health rather than have you blindly memorize boring facts for tests, as well as school gardens. The adults, on the other hand, focused more on healthy foods vs. unhealthy foods and how to get everyone to switch from a soda a meal to fruits and veggies three times a day. All in all, we must all remember that each and every person has their own perspectives that are shaped from their own experiences and backgrounds.
|Giving our inputs on the booklet so far
|Sabrina trying to explain why the character has a head of broccoli for his/her nose (it was amusing)
|Just a bit of what we came up with in terms of our perspectives
I won't go into too much detail about the booklet, because it comes out soon (early fall!) however, I will tell you what it is aimed to do.
We have seen in everywhere from reality to movies that people have this weakness when it comes to junk food. How can we, as people who believe that healthy food should be more highly prioritized, "convert" others to adopt the ways of the future? Well, we cannot, because the decision of conversion is ultimately up to that person. But what we can do is to try to persuade them using sturdy facts supporting that converting to a healthier lifestyle permanently benefits THEM in every aspect of life: physicality, mentality, financially, socially, etc. The booklet will appeal to people of all ages and will be a game-changer if put into the hands of the administration. This way, students and parents can see the merit of living healthily in school and at home. Let's change the game.


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Child Protection
Child Protection Policy of Scoil Aodán Naofa, Carnew, Co Wicklow
The Board of Management recognises that child protection and welfare considerations permeate all aspects of school life and must be reflected in all of the school's policies, practices and activities. Accordingly, in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Education and Skill's Child Protection Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools, the Board of Management of Scoil Aodán Naofa, Carnew has agreed the following:
1. The Board of Management has adopted and will implement fully and without modification the Department 's Child Protection Procedure for Primary and Post Primary Schools as part of this overall child protection policy.
2. The Designated Liaison Person (DLP ) is Mr Kevin O'Donnell (School Principal)
3. The Deputy Designated Liaison Person (Deputy DLP) is Mrs Christine Doyle (Deputy Principal).
4. In it's policies, practices and activities, Scoil Aodán Naofa, Carnew will adhere to the following principals of best practice in child protection and welfare:
The school will:
recognise that the protection and welfare of children is of paramount importance regardless of all other considerations
fully co-operate with the relevant statutory authorities in relation to child protection and welfare matters
adopt safe practices to minimise the possibility of harm or accidents happening to children and protect workers from the necessity to take unnecessary risks that may leave themselves open to accusations of abuse or neglect.
develop a practice of openness with parents and encourage parental involvement in the education of their children and
fully respect confidentiality requirements in dealing with child protection matters.
The school will also adhere to the above principals in relation to any adult with special vulnerability
5. The policies which are particularly relevant to child protection are
The Code of Behaviour/Anti-Bullying Policy
Pupil Attendance Policy
Supervision of Pupils
Substance Use Policy
The Board has ensured that the necessary policies, protocols or practices are in place in respect of each of the above listed items.
6. Procedures
All staff and volunteers in the school will follow the recommendations for reporting concerns or disclosures as outlined in the DES 'Child Protection Procedures' 2011.
Maintaining Records
When child abuse is suspected, it is essential to have records of all the information available.
Personnel should note carefully what they have observed and when they observed it. Signs of physical injury should be described in detail and, if appropriate, sketched. Any comment by the child concerned, or by any other person, about how an injury occurred should be recorded, preferably quoting words actually used, as soon as possible after the comment has been made.
All records so created should be regarded as highly confidential and retained in a secure location by the Designated Liaison Person.
The staff and management of this school have agreed:
All concerns/disclosures involving child protection/child welfare issues will be reported in the first instance to the DLP (deputy DLP where appropriate).
Each report to the DLP will be dated and signed by the person making that report.
A strict adherence to maintaining confidentially – information regarding concerns or disclosures of abuse should only be given on a 'need to know 'basis.
The Stay Safe Programme is the Primary resource used in this school to provide education for children on abuse prevention. The programme is taught as part of the school's SPHE curriculum under the strand unit safety and Protection.
On enrolment of their child parents will be informed that the Stay Safe Programme is in use in the school and a copy of the Stay Safe 'A Parent's Guide' provided.
The formal lessons of the programme will be taught in their entirety every second year in accordance with the SPHE two year cycle plan.
Staff will make every effort to ensure that the messages of the programme are reinforced whenever possible.
The staff and board of management of this school have identified the following as areas of specific concern in relation to child protection. Following discussion and consultation the staff and board of management have agreed that the following practices be adopted:
(a) Physical contact
Physical contact between school personnel and the child should always be in response to the needs of the child and not the needs of the adult. While physical contact may be used to comfort reassure or assist a child the following should be factors in determining it's appropriateness –
-It is acceptable to the child
-It is open and not secretive
-The age and development stage of the child.
Personnel should avoid doing anything of a personal nature for children that they can do for themselves.
(b) Visitors/guest Speakers
Visitors/guest speakers should never be left alone with pupils. The school (principal/teacher) has a responsibility to check out the credentials of the visitor/guest speaker and to ensure that the material in use by guests is appropriate.
© Children with specific toileting/intimate care needs:
In all situations where a pupil needs assistance with toilet/intimate care a meeting will be convened, after enrolment and before the child starts school, between parents/guardians, class teacher, special needs assistant, principal and if appropriate the pupils. The purpose of the meeting will be to ascertain the specific needs of the child and to determine how the school can best meet those needs. The staff to be involved in this care will be identified and provision will be made for occasions when the particular staff involved are absent. A written copy of what has been agreed will be made and kept in the child's file.
Two members of staff will be present when dealing with intimate care/toileting needs. Any deviation from the agreed procedure will be recorded and notified to the DLP and the parents/guardians.
(d) Toileting accidents
Clean underwear and suitable clothing will be kept in the school so that if a pupil has an 'accident' of this nature they will in the first instance be offered fresh clothing into which they can change.
If the pupil for whatever reason cannot clean or change themselves and the parents/guardians cannot be contacted the child will be assisted by members of staff familiar to the child. In all such situations two members of staff should be present.
A record of all such incidents will be kept and principal and parents will be notified.
(e) One-to-One teaching
It is the policy in this school that one-to one teaching is often in the best interest of the child. Every effort will be made to ensure that this teaching takes place in an open environment. Parents of children who are to be involved in one-to-one teaching will be informed and their agreement sought.
Work being carried out by special needs assistants will be carried out under the direction of the class teacher in an open environment.
(f) Changing for Games/PE/Swimming
Pupils will be expected to dress and undress themselves for games/PE/ swimming. Where assistance is needed this will be done in the communal areas and with the consent of parents. Under no circumstances will members of staff/volunteers be expected to or allowed to dress/undress a child in a cubicle/private area. In such situations where privacy is required the parent/guardian of the child will be asked to assist the child. At all times there must be adequate supervision of pupils.
(g)Two teachers and an SNA will be on duty to supervise both breaks during the day
While every effort will be made to adhere to best practice as agreed and outlined above, in the event of an emergency where this is not possible or practicable a full record of the incident should be made and reported to principal and parents.
7. This policy has been made available to school personnel and the Parent's Association and is readily accessible to parents on request. A copy of this policy will be made available to the department and the patron if requested.
8. This policy will be reviewed by the Board of Management once every school year.
This policy was adopted by the Board of Management on ____________________
Chairperson of Board of Management
Signed:_______________________ Principal
Date of next review:__________


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Plant Hardy Ageratum for beautiful late Summer and early Fall color. Here's almost everything you need to know about one of my favorite easy-care perennials!
Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved the pretty blueish-purple flowers of ageratum.
Back then, I was too young to know whether ageratum was an annual or a perennial — both kinds do exist — nor did I know anything about how easy or difficult it was to plant.
All I knew was that ageratum was very pretty, both from a distance and especially when looking at the unique flowers close up!
My mother planted it ever since I can remember, and when I was recently home to celebrate my 50th birthday with my 85-years-young parents — yes, I turned 50 back in June! — I marveled yet again at how stunning a planting of ageratum can be.
My mom even has some white ageratum popping up here and there in her garden which she swears she never planted!
Is Ageratum an annual or a perennial?
The answer is both, as there are so many hybrids, with some being annuals and others being stalwart perennials.
Can you guess which version I prefer?
Perennials for the win!
Why are perennials so great?
- Perennials may require a tiny bit more work in the beginning, as you're not just planting them for one season.
- But the reward for your initial effort — especially once perennials get established in your garden — is reliable plants popping up every year and doing their thing with hardly any effort on your part.
- And when it's 90+ degrees out with unbearable humidity? Having late season perennials popping up and blooming in your garden is simply fantastic! And effortless.
Hardy Ageratum
- low garden perennial – hybrids can be anywhere from 12″ up to 24″ in height
- blooms late Summer through early Fall
- needs partial to full sun but tolerates shade too
- USDA zones 5-8, with some varieties being hardy in the Gulf states too
- no special soil needed
- beautiful blue shades, also available in white
- deer resistant (although deer will eat anything it seems if they're hungry enough)
- prefers a consistently moist site, but will adapt to dryer soils
- spreads by underground roots
- butterflies love it
- deciduous (i.e. not evergreen)
While most plant catalogs describe the ageratum flowers as blue. Sometimes I think they look more purple.
And then it hit me: Ageratum — except obviously for the white hybrids — has flowers the color of a Crayola periwinkle crayon! At least I think so!
Proper Siting is Everything!
Let's talk about the spreading nature of hardy ageratum. It's just what it does. Rather than fight it all the time, think about where the best place to plant it is.
Don't grow hardy ageratum with other short perennials, as it might end up invading those spaces.
After so many years of having hardy ageratum in her gardens, my mom does spend time pulling out seedlings each year so they don't invade nearby flowers like her white begonias.
Follow the arrow in the image above and you'll see a single blue ageratum plant poking through those white begonias! Don't tell my mom!
The spreading nature — which bothers some gardeners — can be an asset if you plant hardy ageratum among taller perennials like Coneflowers or Brown-Eyed Susans.
Unless you like the look for Winter interest, don't leave the seedheads on the plants once they're wrapping up in the Fall. Clip them off and you'll have less seedlings popping up next season.
People say the happier a hardy ageratum is, the more it will spread.
I think it's trial and error, as we all have different soils and climates. Although I think the "errors" need a better name, for how else do we learn what works for our particular garden beds?
I spy some white ageratum hiding out among my mom's white begonias!
Random Hardy Ageratum Factoid:
The botanical name for ageratum has always been Eupatorium, but recently it was reclassified as Eutrochium.
What does this mean for you and me?
Not much, because most online sites still call it Eupatorium.
I call it Hardy Ageratum, but in some areas this perennial is also known as Mist Flower or Blue Mist Flower.
Which hardy ageratum hybrid should you plant?
If you have a good plant nursery, definitely seek out their expertise on what will grow best in your specific area.
You can also search the wonderful interwebs, where I love geeking out learning about plants! Sometimes I come across a garden forum, other times I might click on an excellent blog post about a flower or plant I'm interested in. (Sort of like you reading this post of mine — thanks for being here!)
Where have I planted Hardy Ageratum?
Years ago, I used to have a patch in our backyard gardens, but it got ripped out when we were redoing our landscaping.
I miss having it. Big-time.
So… I'm planning on adding hardy ageratum to some of our raised garden beds in the front of our house. I found the Wayside hybrid from Bluestone Perennials that can be shipped out in time for Fall planting. Hooray!
I'll keep you posted.
Happy gardening!


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Spanish Pork with Orange and Poppy seed Salad/
1 tsp Ground Cumin
1 tsp Smoked Paprika
1 tsp Ground Fennel
Zest and Juice of 1 Orange
1 kg Pork Fillets trimmed, fat removed.
Mix all ingredients, rub into pork and refrigerate for 2hrs or overnight
BBQ pork until just cooked, rest for 5 mins before slicing to serve.
The Salad:
4 Orange, peeled pith removed and cut into chunks.
2 Continental Cucumbers Cut into chunks
2 Red Chili Seeds Removed, Sliced
Good handful of coriander leaves
2 Tbsn Poppy seeds
Mix all ingredients
The Dressing
500ml Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
1gm Saffron Threads
200ml Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Simmer orange juice with saffron and reduce to 250ml
Whisk in oil.
Are you taking your fish oil?
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Lena Elizer Designs Proudly Joins Squarespace Circle
Hola peeps! I'm popping in on a non-Thursday to share a quick piece of biz news with you and proudly announce that Lena Elizer Designs has joined the Squarespace Circle community!
What is Squarespace Circle and what does that even mean?
Squarespace is the platform I use to build my client's websites, as well as my own. You can read more about it over here. Squarespace Circle is a community that Squarespace started for creative professionals who use the platform to build lots o' websites for their clients or their own businesses. In other words, it's for folks who take their Squarespacing seriously!
Being part of the Squarespace Circle community also allows me some perks that I can pass along to you, which is just another reason I LOVE this platform.
Extended Trial Periods
A typical Squarespace trial is 14 days long, with the option to extend it another 7 at the end. This is usually just right for building a smaller website, but can get tricky if you need a larger site or if something comes up during the project. As a Squarespace Circle Member I now have six month trial periods... score! (This won't change the timeline on normal projects by the way... six months is a long time!)
Advanced Guides & Customer Support
Recognizing creative professionals gives Squarespace the opportunity to provide us with more in-depth knowledge on using the platform, which I can turn around and use on your website.
In case we do run into an issue or question during your site build I also have a community of peers, enhanced guides and notes, and a professional understanding with tech support if we need to go there.
All of this makes my job, and your project, run smoother and gives me the chance to learn even more tips and tricks along the way! Ready to start a Squarespace project or have questions about the process? Let's chat!


text: Today, I want to dedicate a jam to friends and family of my friend, CC. Today was a celebration of her life. Death always reminds us to love each other and make the most of the time we have together. Take time to tell your loved ones how much they mean to you and remember to laugh, love and enjoy every moment.


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If you are looking for a special breakfast or brunch for the Easter weekend, I highly recommend these Cheddar and Mushroom Shirred Eggs. A twist on Eggs Florentine, they contain mushrooms instead of spinach, so they don't technically qualify for the florentine label, but whatever you may wish to call seasoned and sauteed fresh mushrooms baked with eggs and cheddar cheese in little ramekins, this dish is a tremendous hit at the breakfast or brunch table and also an ideal choice for a lighter dinner because eggs don't lose their luster and appeal as the day progresses. Now if only Spring would get cracking.
Whenever they are served, they are best enjoyed when you aren't in a rush and can savor the experience.
Cheddar and Mushroom Shirred Eggs
- butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 oz fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 2 scallions, both white and green parts, chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon hot paprika
- fresh ground black pepper to taste
- 8 large eggs
- sea salt to taste
- 1/4 pound sharp old Cheddar, thinly sliced
- bread crumbs or cornmeal
- hot paprika for garnish
Lightly grease 8 ramekins or custard cups with butter and preheat the oven to 350°. Place the ramekins on a baking tray.
Heat a medium saucepan or wok over high heat. When hot, pour in the olive oil, wait a few seconds, then swirl around to coat the pan. Add the mushrooms, onion, and the white parts of the scallions and fry, stirring continually, for 6-8 minutes or until the mushrooms are tender and lightly browned. Remove from heat and stir in the green parts of the scallions, the paprika, and fresh ground black pepper to taste.
Divide the mushrooms between the eight ramekins, a generous soup spoon full for each. Break an egg into a saucer or cup, and slide the egg into a prepared cup. Repeat with each of the remaining eggs, putting one egg into each ramekin. Sprinkle each cup with a little salt and slide the baking tray into the oven. Bake for 12 minutes.
Remove the tray from the oven and carefully lay slices of the cheddar cheese on top of each egg. Sprinkle the tops with a some bread crumbs and a pinch of hot paprika, and return the tray to the oven. Bake for 5 minutes longer, until the egg whites are set, and up to 10 minutes if you prefer the yolks to be set as well. The cheese should be bubbling, and the bread crumbs browned.
Very carefully transfer the ramekins to a plate and serve with a fork or spoon.
Makes 6 servings
You will also be sure to enjoy [highlight]Indian-Style Baked Eggs Florentine[/highlight].


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eight months old
Cue the sappiness just for a second. Are you ready? OK! I seriously think it's crazy how much more I love this little girl each day. Everything she does makes my life. I've said it before, but she could pee all over me and I would probably call it the greatest thing ever. Not that I encourage this, but you get the point ;).
Ok, done with my daughter consumes my life talk, and onto what's she up to at eight months of life!
I feel like her personality is really starting to shine. She's learning so much about the world and absorbing it like a sponge! Here's what my little camera-hog is up to this month!
Last night, she also had a giggle-fest with Tyler. He laughed and she would laugh back. It was seriously the cutest thing ever and I'm going to have the camera ready tonight to re-capture it (crossing fingers she does it again). This just shows how much she loves her daddy and I seriously melt!
Other things Nia's been enjoying:
- still bouncing like crazy (this is where her strong legs really come into play!)
- trying new foods
- sitting up and playing with her things on the floor
- chatting away
- going on walks
- sleeping in her sleep sack with bunny
- A crazy thing: since attending a wedding this month (compared to when she was only five months old), I think it's amazing at how much difference three months can make for leaving her to go out for the night. She's so much more aware, and a little more predictable (which makes it soooo much easier on us and more enjoyable knowing we can pretty much know what the problem is if one comes up!)
And again, her updates are not complete without some of the other funny shots I captured along the way. Sometimes the shot is taken at a classic moment and others she graciously poses that way for. I hope you can get a sense of what a little cracker this girlie is!
See ya in another month!


text: Training, Again... April 10, 2015Biking, Living Well, Running, Swimming, Thankful, TriathlonsAngelina OberdanComment So I've been out of the broken foot boot for about a month, and I'm here to report that training again... is hard. Yeah. It doesn't come back as fast as you want it to. After about my second week of doing flipturns with both feet, one of my Masters teammates said something like, "Just keep showing up." Ugh.So that's what I've been doing. I've also been trying really hard to remember on my form in swimming and forget how I used to run. Here's what I've been doing: 1. SwimmingIt was really difficult to get back in the pool; my mom even flew in from Arizona to help. We lost one of my teammates from Clemson Aquatic Team in October, just after I broke my foot. Getting in the pool knowing Kate isn't swimming anymore seemed impossible. I wore the swimsuit she gave me until about a week ago. Every time I hop in the pool I think of her, and I'm pretty sure I always will. Also, it turns out that my broken foot is flopping inwards when I kick, which is throwing everything off. My wonderful coach filmed me to help figure out what's wrong. I've been trying to strengthen the muscles on the outside of my leg, which means lots of exercises out of the water and more flippers in the water (woo hoo!). 2. RunningI have a love/hate relationship with running right now. I miss it, but I hate it while I'm running. I know my form is terrible, and some days that's all I can think about. I know; I know: I need to find a running coach. Until work calms down, I'll just keep jogging with the dogs. 3. BikingDan and I both have bikes now, so we've been riding a good bit. Biking doesn't seem to bother/worry me as much because (let's be real) a lot of getting back into training is about not being anxious about the previous injury. I still haven't gotten my mountain bike out yet.I've also been practicing hot yoga and trying mobility exercises (stretching muscles and joints). And we went backpacking last weekend, which Layla is going to write about next week! And the best part about getting back into training... all of the new shoes! So I guess it's not all hard. I mean, I just had to get new running shoes, new hiking shoes, and new shoes for work.


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Are you planning a trip to the largest state in southern U.S. soon? Here is a quick guide for you to have the best time of your life! From sites to see and outfits to wear, we will cover what you need to experience Texas like a true local.
What to wear
Having an outfit fit for your Texas activities is a must for a fun and worry-free experience.
If you are headed to the ranch, for instance, wear a cozy top, boot-cut jeans, and a handy pair of cowboy boots. Of course, do not forget to wear your good old cowboy hat. You can always spot awesome American straw cowboy hats in stores or online shops like A.A. Callister. Do not also forget to use sunscreen to shield yourself from the blistering Texas heat.
Where to Go
- Big Bend National Park
Delight your eyes with the sights you can only find in Big Bend National Park. Located in southwestern Texas, it showcases the landscapes of Rio Grande Valley, Chisos Mountains and the Chihuahuan Desert. You can also trail and enjoy the three canyons found on the Rio Grande: the Boquillas, Mariscal and Santa Elena Canyons.
- San Antonio's Spectacular River Walk
San Antonio's Spectacular River Walk is the place to be to experience the urban side of the South. Sitting along the area are restaurants where you can dine and unwind with your mates like a true Texan. This place also holds festivals and art shows very often.
- Silver Spur Ranch
Your visit to Texas will never be complete without immersing yourself on a ranch. One of the many ranches you can visit is the Silver Spur Ranch, which offers an array of fun activities. You can do horseback riding, fishing, pool swimming and camping.
Now that you know where to go and what to wear, it is time to head there! Just keep this guide in mind for a fun and memorable Texas time.


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Back in February this year I shot at Night to Shine 2016, an incredible ball / prom event for people with disabilities. It was a marvelous night, full of fun and laughter, and one of the people who really shone out to me the most was a lady called Jo.
Jo nabbed me to ask if I would take a photo of her friend and her next to the stretch Hummer that was taking people for spins around the block. The organiser of the event overheard her, and asked if she would like to go for a ride. Jo initially refused, I suspect she didn't want to make a fuss.
However, with only the slightest bit of persuasion, and the help of a few burly men, with much laughter and encouragement Jo was extracted from her wheelchair and deposited into the stretch Hummer – for what was a magical and precious moment of freedom and joy.
After the event Jo befriended me on facebook, and after a little chatting I asked if she would like to do a photoshoot with me. I had just purchased my new lighting system, and she could be my first
victim subject to test them out on. Jo readily agreed, and I set up in her lovely home and did a few shots.
I am so very grateful to have met this amazing lady and her incredibly warm and supportive family. I look forward to taking many more photos with Jo in the future. Xx
Thank you Jo, for being so open, honest and inviting. Catch up again soon. x


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|Job Requirement
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- Analytical approach to problem-solving, solid conceptual skills and willingness to learn, sense of urgency and commitment for a job well done.
- Strong work ethic, results oriented.
- Ability to work independently as well as to collaborate effectively with others.
- Solid understanding of data integrity and audit / compliance procedures.
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