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U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission
Washington, D.C. 20507
Office of Inspector General
September 26, 2008
|Carlton M. Hadden, Director
Office of Federal Operations
|Aletha L. Brown, Inspector General
Office of Inspector General
|Transmittal of Final Report: Oversight of Federal Agency
Reporting—Management Directive 715 and Related Topics, OIG
Report Number 2008-03-AMR
Attached, please find the Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) final report Oversight of Federal Agency Reporting—Management Directive 715 and Related Topics, OIG Report Number 2008-03-AMR. Our report assesses how well the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Office of Federal Operations (OFO) assists Federal agencies in meeting selected critical standards for Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) programs. The report contains six recommendations to improve OFO oversight of EEO programs.
We appreciate your assistance and cooperation with this review, including your timely comments on the draft report, which we included in their entirety as an appendix to this report. In the final report, we also included corrections based on your comments. We also thank the headquarters staff members who provided valuable input during the evaluation.
If you have any questions regarding the final report, do not hesitate to contact me, or you may contact Larkin Jennings at 663-4391 or email@example.com.
|Naomi C. Earp, Chair
Anthony J. Kaminski, COO
Constance S. Barker, Commissioner
Stuart J. Ishimaru, Commissioner
Christine M. Griffin, Commissioner
September 26, 2008
|Comments from the EEOC's Office of Federal Operations
|Exhibit 1
|Organizational Chart, EEOC's Office of Federal Operations
|Exhibit 2
|Federal Entities Where We Conducted Interviews
|Affirmative Employment Division, Office of Federal Operations
|Equal Employment Opportunity
|Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
|Federal Sector Programs, Office of Federal Operations
|EEOC's Management Directive 715
|Office of Federal Operations
|Office of Inspector General
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) establishes requirements and standards for Federal agencies with regard to providing equality of employment opportunity and monitors Federal agencies' compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws and procedures. The EEOC's Office of Federal Operations (OFO) reviews and assesses the effectiveness of agencies' programs to promote EEO, including agencies' efforts to identify and eliminate barriers to equality of employment opportunity.
This evaluation assesses several of the EEOC's activities related to the oversight of Federal agency EEO reporting, focusing on the reporting described in the EEOC's Management Directive 715 (MD-715). MD-715 describes Federal agency standards for developing model EEO programs. Within the EEOC, OFO's Federal Sector Programs (FSP) has primary responsibility for monitoring and evaluating Federal agencies' affirmative employment programs, including reporting related to MD-715.
Our primary objective was to assess how well the EEOC's OFO assists Federal agencies in meeting selected critical standards for EEO programs. We sought to gain a strong understanding of the issues, produce accurate analysis, and provide useful recommendations to improve OFO's oversight of EEO programs. To achieve our primary objective, we reviewed key OFO oversight efforts. The evaluation focused upon understanding what information Federal agencies are required to send to the EEOC as part of MD-715 and determining the quality of OFO's oversight.
Our evaluation found that the EEOC's OFO, while providing useful feedback on agency reporting and customer service in some areas, faces several major challenges in its oversight efforts. OFO recently began providing three-year trend analysis to Federal agencies, thereby improving its oversight capabilities through the provision of more detailed feedback on agency progress in reaching EEO goals. In addition, Federal EEO managers generally approve of OFO's customer service efforts.
However, high turnover and unfilled positions in FSP, the division conducting most of the oversight, must be addressed promptly to ensure efficient and effective oversight of Federal EEO programs. In addition, to help Federal agencies improve their EEO programs, OFO needs to provide timely feedback on MD-715 and accelerate its efforts to improve the collection and analysis of Federal agencies' self-assessment data (Part G of MD-715).
Major conclusions and recommendations are highlighted in the tables below. The full results of this evaluation are presented throughout the report.
|Managing Oversight Resources and Activities
|Formal Feedback to Federal Agencies
|Customer Service and Technical Assistance
|Internal Audit, Complaint System, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
|2.1.3A Instability in leadership and management positions poses hurdles to effectively managing oversight activities.
|2.2.3A Untimely MD-715 feedback decreases effectiveness of oversight.
|2.3.3A Most Federal agency EEO managers are satisfied with EEOC customer service; some are dissatisfied.
|2.4.4A Without mandatory submission of Part G information (Federal agency self-assessment), MD-715 oversight is compromised.
|2.1.3B As a result of staffing shortages and the hiring of inexperienced staff, oversight capacity is significantly reduced.
|2.2.3B The threeyear trend analysis letters contain much useful information.
|2.3.3B OFO needs to continue to improve its efforts to educate/train in barrier analysis and other forms of analysis related to MD-715.
|2.1.3C Overcoming the barriers to making MD-715 submission Web-based could result in improved oversight capability for OFO.
|2.2.3C Feedback on Form 462 submissions is adequate.
|Recommendations for Director, Office of Federal Operations
|Managing Oversight Resources and Activities
|Formal Feedback to Federal Agencies
|Customer Service and Technical Assistance
|Internal Audit, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Complaint System
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an evaluation of the EEOC's oversight of MD-715 reporting and related issues. We assessed the effectiveness of the EEOC in assisting Federal agencies in reporting on and improving their EEO programs, cited in the requirements of MD-715. This section of the report provides background on the EEOC's role in the Federal EEO environment, introduces the issues and terms addressed in the report, and describes the scope and methodology.
EEOC Role in the Federal Agency Equal Employment Opportunity Framework
The framework governing EEO in the Federal workplace consists of various statutes, regulations, directives, executive orders, and other policies. This framework, which governs civil rights and personnel management, places primary responsibility on Federal agencies to provide workplaces that are free from discrimination and that have a culture of fairness, equity, and inclusiveness.
EEOC plays a key role in the leadership and oversight of Federal agencies. The EEOC is responsible for enforcing the employment discrimination prohibitions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; the Equal Pay Act of 1973; and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended. The EEOC establishes requirements and standards for programs with regard to providing equality of employment opportunity; monitors Federal agencies' compliance with EEO laws and procedures; and reviews and assesses the effectiveness of agencies' programs to promote EEO, including agencies' efforts to identify and eliminate barriers to equality of employment opportunity.
Carrying out the requirements of the EEO framework within Federal agencies is generally shared by human capital and EEO/civil rights offices. EEO offices take the lead in managing the programs the EEOC oversees. The EEOC has several key responsibilities, including oversight of the following:
EEOC Management Directive 715
The EEOC's MD-715 was issued on October 1, 2003. It requires agencies to take appropriate steps to ensure that all employment decisions are free from discrimination. These steps include key reporting requirements for Federal agencies. MD-715 also establishes standards for agencies in developing model EEO programs. The standards are used to measure and report on the status of agencies' efforts to become model employers.
The standards are based on six elements:
In its efforts to ensure that the standards are met, the EEOC is responsible for the following (as described in MD-715):
EEOC Organization for Oversight of Federal Agency EEO Reporting
OFO has a wide-ranging mission, which includes the following:
Within OFO, the FSP component has primary responsibility for monitoring and evaluating Federal agencies' affirmative employment programs. Most MD-715 reporting, feedback, and technical assistance are performed by FSP. Within FSP, the Affirmative Employment Division has primary MD-715 responsibility. FSP is responsible for sending MD-715 feedback to 199 Federal entities. The Complaints Adjudication Division plays a smaller role with regard to MD-715 and is primarily responsible for the collection and analysis of EEO complaint and other EEO program data collected on Form 462. Other FSP responsibilities include the following:
OFO also produces an Annual Report on the Federal Workforce that includes information on Federal EEO complaints and ADR activities. These data are collected from each agency in the Annual Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Statistical Report of Discrimination Complaints (EEOC Form 462). Federal agency administrators input data into the form provided on the EEOC Form 462 Web site, which is accessible to authorized Federal agency administrators but not to the general public.
The OFO organizational chart in Exhibit 1 highlights those areas where the bulk of oversight involving Federal agency EEO reporting occurs.
Exhibit 1: Office of Federal Operations Organizational Chart
The objective of the evaluation was to assess how well the EEOC's OFO assists Federal agencies in meeting selected critical standards for EEO programs. We sought to gain a strong understanding of the issues, produce accurate analysis, and provide useful recommendations to improve OFO's oversight of EEO programs.
The scope of the evaluation included the following:
Included in the scope is a review of the following Federal agency EEO reporting requirements, noted in MD-715: use of a complaint tracking system, use of an ADR (e.g., mediation) system, and performance of regular internal audits.
The evaluation methodology included interviews of EEOC officials and the EEO Directors (or their designees) in 16 Federal entities with widely differing characteristics. For example, as Exhibit 2 below shows, the entities included large and small independent agencies as well as subcomponents of larger organizations.
Exhibit 2: Federal Entities Where We Conducted Interviews
Entity Name
Number of Employees
Type: Independent or Subcomponent
1. Department of the Army
2. Federal Labor Relations Authority
3. Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
4. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
5. National Archives and Records Administration
6. Smithsonian Institution
7. U.S. Access Board
8. U.S. Agency for International Development
9. U.S. Centers for Disease Control
10. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
12. U.S. Food and Drug Administration
13. U.S. Forest Service
14. U.S. Patent and Trademark Organization
15. U.S. Postal Service
16. Department of Veterans Affairs
The OIG also reviewed pertinent documents, including the following:
The OIG compiled and analyzed interview results; assessed documentation, management, and organizational information; and reviewed communication between OFO and Federal agencies.
This evaluation was conducted in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards as published in the Comptroller General's Government Auditing Standards, July 2007 revision. The fieldwork for this evaluation took place from April 2008 through July 2008.
Staffing is unstable for many of the key manager and supervisor positions in FSP. Lacking authorization to fill these positions, the OFO Director regularly rotates and/or fills on a temporary basis several manager/supervisor positions in FSP. Most importantly, there has been no permanent FSP Director since 2002. This executive leader sets the tone for FSP. In addition, both the Affirmative Employment Division and the Complaints Adjudication Division have Acting Directors. While this practice provides individuals with a broad knowledge base, it institutionalizes instability in the management of these areas. This practice does not provide managers, supervisors, or staff with continuity, and therefore detracts from staff effectiveness and efficiency. For example, with each change in a Division Director position, the Director and staff go through an adjustment and learning period, which takes away from more productive use of their time.
As with manager positions, staff positions have been unstable. The number and experience levels of FSP staff involved have decreased in recent years. For example, to fill EEO Specialist and other positions, OFO hired EEOC staff formerly employed in non-OFO capacities. These staff members often lacked the training and experience necessary to perform as productively as needed. For example, inexperienced staff replaced those with program evaluation experience. This resulted in OFO conducting fewer evaluations. In addition, the quality of evaluations is likely to suffer until the new staff are trained and gain experience.
The OFO Director and other OFO staff stated a strong need for formal and other training activities in order to improve OFO's ability to perform EEO oversight functions, such as EEO program evaluations. Some staff members have received training (e.g., barrier analysis training and a brief introduction to program evaluation). However, OFO has not developed a written plan or schedule for the training.
The EEOC requires EEO reporting entities to submit complaint tracking information annually, via a Web-based system. This is known as Form 462 reporting. The Web-based system for submission is adequate, according to most of the Federal EEO Directors we interviewed.
For the annual MD-715 submission, the EEOC does not use a Web-based system. Some agencies submit electronic files; others submit paper files. OFO then compiles the information using the Microsoft Access database software program. The Acting Director, FSP, stated that an all-electronic submission process would enhance OFO analytic capabilities. In addition, a Web-based system would improve analysis of MD-715 data, according to the Acting Director, Affirmative Employment Division. Some preliminary steps have been taken to make the MD-715 process Web-based. However, according to the Acting Director, FSP, several major obstacles remain, including difficulty in obtaining data from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
|Instability in leadership and management positions poses hurdles to effectively managing oversight activities.
|As a result of staffing shortages and the hiring of inexperienced staff, oversight capacity is significantly reduced.
|Overcoming the barriers to making MD-715 submission Web-based would result in improved oversight capability for OFO.
OFO provides two types of formal feedback on MD-715 submissions: a one-year letter and a three-year trend letter. For 80 percent of the 199 agencies/entities required to submit MD-715 reports, OFO provides feedback on one year of data. In an effort to provide Federal agencies/entities with more detailed and useful analysis of their EEO programs, OFO sends 20 percent of reporting entities a three-year MD-715 trend letter. This letter, sent for the first time after the FY 2006 MD-715 reports were submitted, provides analyses of the past three years' MD-715 reports. For each of these letters, OFO first sends a draft response letter. OFO then takes into account agency comments before issuing a final feedback letter.
For FY 2006 submissions, OFO failed to provide feedback in a timely manner to the agencies/entities receiving one-year feedback. The deadline for MD-715 submissions for 2007 data was January 31, 2008. However, as of August 22, 2008, none of the FY 2006 one-year letters had been issued in final. The Acting Director of FSP stated that all the final letters would be issued in August 2008. The Acting Director of FSP also stated that OFO's goal is to issue all the 2007 one-year feedback letters before the required submission date for 2008 data—February 1, 2009.
Three Federal agency EEO Directors stated that the timing of the feedback on the oneyear letters prevented improved MD-715 submissions. Five other Directors stated that more timely feedback was important. Aside from timeliness issues, some Directors stated that the one-year feedback was quite useful, some thought it fairly useful, and some felt it was marginally useful. A major reason the one-year feedback was not very useful for some is that no trend analysis is possible with only one year of data. In addition, several Directors felt that feedback letters did not adequately take into account the unique characteristics of their organizations, such as numbers of employees. One EEO Director said that the feedback was inadequately tailored because his agency had had zero complaints during the fiscal year.
OFO managers acknowledged that feedback timeliness needs improvement for three-year feedback letters. Draft letters were issued in September 2007. However, 90 percent of the final letters were issued in June 2008; the other 10 percent have not been issued as of August 14, 2008.
Those EEO Directors receiving the three-year letters stated that the letters are very useful, as they provide a fairer and more detailed examination of Federal agency EEO programs than do the single-year letters. The OIG agrees that the three-year letters add considerable value over the one-year letters because the three-year analysis includes the following:
Many Federal EEO Directors stated that feedback was adequate. The Directors cited no major problems with the input mechanism (Web-based) for Form 462 submission.
|Untimely MD-715 feedback decreases effectiveness of oversight.
|The three-year trend letters based on MD-715 reports contain much useful information.
|Feedback on Form 462 submissions is adequate.
During our interviews with Federal agency EEO Directors, more than half expressed satisfaction, in general, with the customer service provided by the EEOC. For example, several Directors said the response time and the responses received were usually of high quality. Another Director stated that OFO provided timely and knowledgeable assistance and that "someone gets back [to us] within one day." However, several EEO Directors said response times were slow. Several other EEO Directors stated that they lacked a knowledgeable individual at OFO whom they could contact reliably and directly.
In recent years, OFO has implemented several changes in customer service. OFO began a customer relationship management (CRM) program in FY 2004. The CRM program seeks to: improve customer service and relationships between the EEOC and agencies, help agencies achieve a model EEO program in the context of MD-715, address specific agency needs, and change the way OFO staff interact to provide technical assistance to agencies. For FY 2008, each of the 11 large agencies has one or more OFO staff assigned. Two OFO staff cover the group of small agencies. In addition, OFO holds quarterly EEO Director meetings and sends e-mail updates to EEO Directors.
OFO provides a variety of forms of technical assistance to Federal agencies, including the following:
Most Federal EEO Directors stated that EEOC staff provide helpful technical assistance. For example, several Directors stated that EEOC training courses are helpful. Several Directors also stated that the annual EXCEL conference organized by the EEOC is helpful. However, four Directors expressed a desire for improved technical assistance/training in several areas of MD-715. For example, two Federal EEO Directors, in response to a general question about how the EEOC could improve, stated that barrier analysis is an area in which the EEOC needs to provide improved training.1 One Director stated that barrier analysis is complex; therefore, the EEOC needs to focus on ensuring that Federal agencies understand the issues involved in conducting barrier analysis. In 2008, OFO provided barrier analysis training to its own staff and, in August 2008, provided for an advanced statistical barrier analysis workshop at EXCEL.
|Most Federal agency EEO managers we interviewed are satisfied with EEOC customer service; some are dissatisfied.
|OFO needs to continue to improve its efforts to educate/train in barrier analysis and other forms of analysis related to MD-715.
MD-715 requires agencies to complete an internal audit annually. According to the Acting Director, FSP, this requirement includes all MD-715 data as well as Form 462 data. Staff from the Complaints Adjudication Division check the Form 462 data. For other data, the EEOC uses OPM-provided data as a cross-check.
Many of the critical data for an EEO program are found in Part G of MD-715. Part G is a self-assessment checklist for Federal agency EEO programs. Part G contains a comprehensive listing of the kinds of documents and systems needed for a model EEO program. However, submission of Part G is voluntary (all agencies are required to complete the checklist and retain a copy for the EEOC to review upon request). Submission is voluntary in large part because several agencies asked in 2003 that Part G submission be made voluntary in order to encourage greater candidness on the part of those filling out the Part G self-assessment.
The information contained in Part G is very helpful to OFO in its oversight. For example, information relating to the question, "Is there sufficient funding to provide all managers and supervisors with training and periodic updates on their EEO responsibilities?" is useful in assessing a Federal agency's progress toward a model EEO program. An Affirmative Employment Division manager agreed that the Part G information is useful in assessing Federal agency progress toward a model workplace.
OFO is considering whether to make Part G a mandatory component of annual MD-715 submissions. Currently, about one-third of agencies voluntarily include Part G with their MD-715 submissions. Given that a significant number of agencies already provide this information and that the information is very useful to OFO's oversight, mandatory submission has more advantages than disadvantages.
Most of OFO's oversight of ADR consists of addressing questions from Federal agency staff and in analyzing quantitative ADR data submitted annually with Form 462 data. For example, the EEOC issued ADR Report: ADR in the Federal Sector EEO Process for FY 2006, which contained analysis such as "ADR efforts resulted in 5,808 counselings receiving settlements, including $980,798 in monetary benefits."
Federal Agency EEO Directors stated that the EEOC's oversight of ADR was generally adequate. However, many EEO Directors offered ways to improve oversight of EEO ADR programs, including the following:
EEOC Regulation 29 C.F.R. §1614.602(a) requires agencies to report to the EEOC information concerning pre-complaint counseling and the status, processing, and disposition of complaints under this part at such times and in such a manner as the Commission prescribes. ADR information is also required. The EEOC requires agencies to submit this information via EEOC Form 462.
Federal agencies post this information in a Web-based format to an EEOC-managed Web site. Federal agency EEO Directors generally expressed satisfaction with the process for posting information.
|Without mandatory submission of Part G information (Federal agency self-assessment), MD-715 oversight is compromised.
|Recommendations for Director, Office of Federal Operations
|Managing Oversight Resources and Activities
|Formal Feedback to Federal Agencies
|Customer Service and Technical Assistance
|Internal Audit, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Complaint System
Office of Federal Operations
|Aletha L. Brown
Inspector General
|Carlton M. Hadden
Director, Office of Federal Operations
|Comments to Draft Report OIG2008-03-AMR "Oversight of
Federal Agency Reporting – Management Directive 715 and Related Topics"
Thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the above–referenced draft report. Overall, we found the conclusions sound and the recommendations helpful. We appreciate that your staff succeeded in producing a detailed report without disruption to our daily work and appreciate the courtesies they afforded OFO staff.
As we mentioned during the exit conference, we request clarification of a few points. Foremost, although the report correctly emphasizes that there has been instability in key management and staff positions that has affected productivity, the report overlooks a key programmatic issue: there has been no permanent Federal Sector Programs (FSP) Director (SES) since 2002. In our view, this lack of permanent executive leadership must be addressed. Otherwise, this office will continue to be greatly challenged in the effort to improve customer service and provide timely and effective oversight of the federal sector.
In addition, in Section 2.4.1 "Federal Agency Part G Reporting (Internal Audit)" the report notes the internal audit required of agencies, including the use of Part G, the self-assessment checklist and its voluntary submission. The draft report in Conclusion 2.4.4A notes that without mandatory submission of Part G, oversight is compromised. However, more information providing the background of why submission of Part G is currently voluntary, should be included in the draft report.
As we discussed during the exit interview, this includes the fact that during the roll-out of the instructions for MD-715 in 2003, several agencies specifically asked that Part G be a voluntary submission. Their rationale was that this would encourage greater frankness in agencies completing Part G. We also noted that a significant number of agencies now voluntarily provide Part G and that this concern, initially identified by agencies, may have since subsided.
Conclusion 2.3.3B states: "OFO needs to improve efforts to educate/train in barrier analysis and other analysis related to MD-715." The final report should reflect that OFO has been improving its barrier analysis technical assistance each year since MD-715 became effective in 2003. As agencies have become more conversant with MD-715, OFO's barrier analysis, training has become more sophisticated. For example, this fiscal year we provided in-depth barrier analysis training to our own staff, which built upon our previous, more basic training. In addition, in recognition of agencies' expanded knowledge of MD-715, we collaborated with a labor economist from the Office of General Counsel to design and deliver at EXCEL an advanced statistical barrier analysis workshop.
Other requested clarifications/corrections include: (1) Section 1.1: EEOC does not have oversight responsibility of the No Fear Act; (2) FSP refers to Federal Sector Programs (the report uses Federal Sector Program); (3) Exhibit 2 should identify Veterans Affairs, not Veterans Administration; and (4) Section 2.2: the deadline for submission of MD-715 data is January 31st of each calendar year (although many agencies receive extensions).
Thank you for your consideration of these comments.
1 Barrier analysis is the process of identifying impediments to free and open workplace competition.


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Challenged Material Statement regarding Censorship/Intellectual Freedom
February 26, 2014
Challenged Materials Ad Hoc Reconsideration Committee: Policies and Procedures
An Ad Hoc Reconsideration Committee shall consist of 4 or 6 members, chaired by the Coordinator of Collection Services. The chair shall only vote in the event of a tie. An even number of members is required. Each challenge requires a new committee.
University Libraries faculty, staff and student workers and faculty from other WKU departments (when warranted) will convene as a pool from which the committee is selected. Rather than a standing committee, the membership should rotate among a broad selection of people appropriate to the library location and content.
The committee shall consider not only the concerns of the person making the challenge to the material, but also the material in the context of the libraries' collections as a whole and in regard to the policies and mission of the libraries.
The committee shall make its recommendation regarding the disposition of the challenged materials to the Dean of Libraries, who will provide the official decision about the materials and notify the individual or group.
The Challenged Materials Study Group Recommends
- That the WKU Libraries Challenged Materials Policy be posted on our website and a handout createdconcerning this topic for dissemination at service points. A standard form of recourse concerning access issues about challenged materials will be placed in the Dean of Libraries office.
- That all challenged materials will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis.
- That a method for handling complaints should be established:
- A form is created to be distributed as needed to anyone wishing to challenge an item from the collection.
- An Ad Hoc Reconsideration Committee for Challenged Materials is formed to deal with complaints or challenges concerning any WKU Libraries materials.
This committee will:
- Read, view, or listen to the challenged material in its entirety;
- Review the selection process and the criteria for selection;
- Check reviews, recommended lists and/or contact institutional peers to determine recommendations by the experts and critics;
- Meet to discuss the challenge;
- Make a recommendation to the Dean of Libraries on removal, retention, reassignment, or replacement.
The Dean of Libraries approves or disapproves of the committee's decision and notifies the individual or group about the library's decision.
- In-service training will be provided (and/or made available by PowerPoint) to all WKU Library faculty, staff, and students concerning the procedure for dealing with a complaint concerning challenged materials. Dan Forrest and Jack Montgomery will provide this in-service training as needed on an annual basis or as requested.
Respectfully submitted,
Jack Montgomery, Chair
Deana Groves
Donna Parker
Elizabeth Knight (absent)
Dan Forrest
Nancy Richey
Paula Bowles
Challenged Materials: Statement regarding Censorship/Intellectual Freedom
The WKU University Libraries supports the free exchange of ideas and endeavors to build collections which include all points of view. At the same time, it neither approves nor endorses the views expressed in materials included in the collections. Where there is controversy or disagreement concerning the truth of particular ideas and issues of belief, the University Libraries attempts to provide a wide selection of materials encompassing the major viewpoints.
WKU Libraries subscribes to and complies with the Code of Ethics of the American Library Association http://www.ala.org/advocacy/proethics/codeofethics/codeethics
Titles/materials for the collection are selected on the basis of overall content. No item is excluded on the basis of the author's race, nationality, or political or religious views. That some patrons may find an item objectionable on moral, religious, political or other grounds does not restrict or determine selection.
WKU Libraries does not immediately accede to requests of individuals or groups seeking
the removal from the collection of materials which have been chosen according to the
WKU Libraries Collection Development Policy
nor does it yield to requests to add to the collection materials if their addition would contradict the same collection development policy.
The Coordinator of Collection Services http://www.wku.edu/library/dlts/staff/jack_montgomery
works with the library administration in determining a response to challenged materials. Individuals or groups desiring further dialogue or action are asked to fill out a form for consideration. The form is available from the Office of the Dean of Libraries, Cravens 101.
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What to keep you car on track and stable through corners? Install ENERGY SUSPENSION bushings and end links from LMPerformance. Polyurethane suspension bushings allow the sway bar to float and react to the movement of the race car on the track, allowing for better handling of the car in corners. The Energy Suspension bushings and end links make your car's sway bar system much more effective and are made of HYPER-FLEX™ polyurethane suspension bushings that last much longer than rubber bushing.
One decision can sometimes be catastrophic for a new company but fortunately that was not the case for the company ENERGY SUSPENSION bushings when they opted to use polyurethane suspension bushings exclusively in designing and manufacturing their inimitable performance products but instead their choice made them one of the premier and sought after manufacturers of suspension components today. Another critical decision for ENERGY SUSPENSION bushings was the choice to retain all aspects of product production in their California facility so that you, the valued customer, can be confident that you are getting something that is truly 'MADE IN AMERICA" from the beginnings in research and development and including chemical formulation, molding and last but not least the packing of their primo product so that ENERGY SUSPENSION could assure you that the quality of their product is excellent, including the sway bar bushings. ENERGY SUSPENSION earned its place as one of the preeminent manufacturers of polyurethane performance products on the market today by demanding perfection in every aspect of product production and as a consequence of this dedication ENERGY SUSPENSION has been granted nine U.S. patents for their designs in the field; and their dedication to innovation has been hallmarked by their being first in a multiplicity of areas, including but not limited to, the first in replacement performance polyurethane automotive control arm bushings containing outer metal shells. The research and development so important in the discovery of new products led ENERGY SUSPENSION to the formulation of the incredible HYPER-FLEX, a sui generis chemical formulation performance polyurethane that is made to withstand the rigors of the road as well as the weight and torque forces inherent in driving; and to accommodate a multiplicity of driving situations ENERGY SUSPENSION developed this in varying degrees of hardness so that they would accommodate a diversity of drivers. Consider changing your rear end control arm bushings if the handling on your Camaro or Firebird is not up to par because of the distortion or degradation of your old sway bar bushings; and when you do that, get the one that will hold up against the inevitable abuse the bushings will receive, the ENERGY SUSPENSION bushings. And for you GTO owners you won't go wrong with the Energy Suspension GTO 2004-05 Hyper-Flex Complete Master Bushing Set at LMPERFORMANCE that contains everything required to improve the handling of your GTO at the track and on the road with its compilation of bushings for the front and rear control arms, front and rear sway bar bushings and rear sub-frame and best of all made with the incredible HYPER-FLEX for great performance and longevity. Looking for more quality parts? Check out our Prothane Bushings.
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Allow Boston Marathon terrorist to be buried in U.S.
On one level, we may all agree that a decent burial is both due the dead and a mark of the humanity of the living.
Carrying a grudge to the grave is one thing; carrying it against someone else to deny a grave is quite another.
But sentimental and humanitarian longings notwithstanding, the political has often overwhelmed social convention about what is the proper way to treat the dead.
In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the reunited nation, dominated in Congress by the North, treated the bodies of Union veterans with honor, but cared little for the Confederate dead, whose bodies were half-buried at best, haphazardly spread across the nation on battlefields, farm fields and wooded areas. The South used the issue of their dead to organize resistance to federal authority and to deny meaning to the Union victory.
The body of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, lies in an unmarked grave in Baltimore within a family plot on which a Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore. But it took a couple of interim graves -- in locations closely controlled by the federal government -- and four years to get there.
The body of Lee Oswald, who assassinated President John F. Kennedy, is buried in a cemetery in Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth, Texas. His original grave marker was stolen and cemetery workers are reportedly now told not to give directions to his plot.
The body of Timothy McVeigh, one of the Oklahoma City bombers responsible for killing 168 and injuring more than 800, was cremated, his ashes spread at an undisclosed location. A U.S. veteran, McVeigh would have been denied burial in a veterans cemetery by a special act of Congress that was signed into law by President Bill Clinton.
Against that background, the recent campaign to deny a final resting place to the body of accused Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev seems less exceptional.
Still, there was something unsettling about the spectacle of the weeklong standoff during which a Worcester funeral director searched in vain for a community willing to take the body.
Protesters picketed the funeral home, effectively raising fear that acceptance of the body would create problems for the host community.
Finally, Worcester Police, who were protecting the funeral home and had appealed to the public for help, announced that "a courageous and compassionate individual" had come forward to make it possible to "properly bury the deceased."
Anger at the people held responsible for terrorism is understandable.
Dancing on their graves would be undignified.
Denying a grave altogether was a step too far.
"We are not barbarians," said Worcester Police Chief Gary Gemme. "We bury the dead."


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"Towards Programming the Radio Environment with Large Arrays of Inexpensive Antennas", 16th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation: USENIX Association, 2019. LAIA_NSDI19_final.pdf (1015.82 KB)
"Transforming MIMO BPSK Maximum Likelihood Detection into QUBO Form", Technical Report ID: TR-010-17, 2017. QC_TR.pdf (120.98 KB)
"Truncating and oversampling OFDM signals in white Gaussian noise channels", Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2016 10th International Symposium on: IEEE, pp. 1–6, 2016.
"Wi-Fi Goes to Town: Rapid Picocell Switching for Wireless Transit Networks", ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM): ACM, 2017.
"xD-track: leveraging multi-dimensional information for passive wi-fi tracking", Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Hot Topics in Wireless: ACM, pp. 39–43, 2016.


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You may not have heard of the Northumberland market town of Morpeth but there are plenty of attractions to encourage visitors to stay awhile and a famous woman is buried here. Emily Wilding Davison was the suffragette whose tragic death, under the hooves of King George V horse, Anmer, on June 4th 1913 at the Epsom Derby, brought the women's suffrage movement new momentum. Though born in London, her father was from Morpeth and she often stayed here. Her body was buried in the town when she died, four days after that fatal accident. The town has been remembering this centenary and I visited to join in the commemorative events and have a look round. Morpeth is signposted off the busy A6 which carries vehicles hurtling along to better known Northumberland villages like Seahouses and Bamburgh or further up to the borderlands of Scotland. However, it is well worth stopping off to explore Morpeth. The little leaflet I picked up in the newly renovated Tourist Information Centre in the Chantry, informs us, "Morpeth was an important crossing point of the River Wansbeck. In the 13th century a stone bridge was built to relace the ford. Its stone piers now support the Chantry footbridge, which is one of a number of bridges that link peaceful walks on either side of the rier as it flows through the heart of the town on its way to the sea." Walking over that bridge it's easy to imagine farmers of old coming from all over the county to sell their animals, crops and other produce, much as they still do today, albeit at more trendy markets.
The graceful Telford Toll Bridge crosses the water nearby. Rivers flowing through villages, towns, cities always bring an air of adventure and travel on their way from their hidden source via an ever-changing landscape to eventually flow out into an ocean connected to the rest of the world. Little red boats were being rowed by strapping young men showing off their prowess to languid girlfriends lying back and thinking of - who knows what ... and puffing dads trying to keep the kids happy on a sunny day.
The Chantry was built at around the same time as the footbridge. It was founded for priests to say Mass, pray for Christian souls and keep a grammar school. Restored in the 1980s it has enormous windows that let light flood in onto the multitude of tourist books, postcards, maps, Northumberland Tartan (very tasteful black and white) items, jewellery and other knick-knacks to remind you of your visit. However, it is the Bagpipe Museum upstairs that you really mustn't miss.
In my quest for the quirky and unusual this definitely fits the bill, but it is also informative and the bagpipe paraphernalia is beautifully displayed. It tells the history of the Northumbrian Pipes as well as bagpipes from around the world. If you're lucky, as I was, you mmay get to hear a group of local pipers playing these haunting instruments. Little remains of 12th century Morpeth Castle, but the old Court House has enough crenellations to satisfy the desire for castle-like structures. Not far away is one of Morpeth's real gems, Carlisle Park. It has the most glorious huge trees which create a harmonious backdrop for all the family activities available. These include an aviary with squawking birds, tennis courts for aspiring Andy Murrays, a skatepark (my son would love that), paddling pool for hot tots and more boating on the river.
There's plenty more to see: Mafeking, Britain's smallest park, the William Turner Garden, the home of Admiral Collingwood, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar (and you thought it was Nelson), the Vanburgh designed Town Hall dominating the busy high street with some excellent shops and a very satisfactory range of places to eat and drink. My favourite was The Shambles - eclectic menu, friendly service and a mountain goat lording it over the bar.
Finally, do make time for a little pilgrimage to Emily Wilding Davison's grave in St Mary's Churchyard. On the day I visited it was covered in flowers and purple, green and white decorations in memory of a feisty fighter who never gave up on the suffragette's rallying cry, 'Words Not Deeds'.
More on Emily Wilding Davison and Morpeth here. You can read Zoë Dawes' entertaining articles on her travels around the UK and abroad in her award-winning blog The Quirky Traveller where she shares secret places off-the beaten track and travels in mind, body and spirit. Follow her on Twitter @quirkytraveller and 'like' her page on Face Book. More Visit Britain articles by Zoë Dawes


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- 4 Beds
- 3 Full, 1 Half
- 2,475 +/- Sqft
Property TypeResidential – Condominium
SubdivisionThe Lodge Apt Condo
Listing Date01/25/19
Year Built1969
AreaVail Village
Lot Size0.03 Acres (1,220 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Deeded, Underground
Property Description
A truly phenomenal, modern and spacious property in the Lodge at Vail. This residence was formerly two units, combined to create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind home. A recent hallway remodel and other building upgrades have brought this property into the modern world. Coupled with the luxury amenities the Lodge has to offer and proximity to ski slopes, there is nothing else that compares in the Village. This is the decor and space you are looking for in the location others can only wish they had.
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- Multi-Level
- Satellite Dish
- Vaulted Ceilings
- Fitness Center
- Front Desk
- On Site Management
- Pets
- Pool
- Spa and Hot Tub
- Cable TV
- District Sewer
- District Water
- Electricity Avail.
- Natural Gas Avail.
- Phone Available
- Snow Removal
- Trash Pickup
- Radiant
- Zoned AC
- Dryer
- Washer
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About Vail Village
Charming, pedestrian friendly Vail Village has everything you could need or want right at your fingertips. The heart of Vail is located at the base of the ski mountain, home to Gondola One, and has undergone a great transformation with the renovation and construction of dozens of properties. The Village, with its heated cobblestone streets and quaint European architecture, invites you to discover world-class fine dining, art galleries, local boutiques and luxury retail. In addition to the tremendous variety of shopping and dining, Vail Village hosts sporting and cultural events, festivals, and concerts year-round. These include the Burton US Open, The GoPro Mountain Games, Gourmet on the Gore, Sunday Summer Farmer's Markets, Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival, Vail International Dance Festival and free winter and summer outdoor concert series at the stunning Solaris Plaza.
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Spike Lee mixes 'Do the Right Thing' with NYC chokehold death
Spike Lee is drawing parallels between fictional character Radio Raheem's death in Do the Right Thing with last week's footage of Staten Island resident Eric Garner as he was put in an alleged chokehold by a New York police officer.
Lee posted a video to YouTube Monday with footage from the movie interspersed with footage of Garner's arrest.
Garner died shortly after his arrest for allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes.
In Lee's 1989 movie, Raheem dies after a police officer puts him in a chokehold with a baton.
The New York Police Department explicitly bans the use of chokeholds. Generally, police departments regard the maneuver as a form of "lethal force," said Michael Huth, director of training at the National Law Enforcement Training Center.
Lee also posted an image on his Instagram account, stating, "Brother Eric Garner No Longer Breathes Courtesy Of Banned NYPD Chokehold. Rest In Power."
Daniel Pantaleo, the officer who put his arm around Garner's neck, was stripped of his gun and badge and put on desk duty.
Investigations by New York's district attorney and NYPD's internal affairs is determining if the police officer did in fact use a chokehold. The medical examiner has not yet determined Garner's cause of death.
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Earth > Europe > Eastern Europe > Slovakia > Bratislava > Uncle sam01
unclesam01 is a hitchhiker from Bratislava, Slovakia.
Countries Hitched
- Turkey: 5,478 km
- UK: 4,429 km
- Poland: 3,364 km
- Kazakhstan: 2,056 km
- Slovakia: 1,790 km
- Russia: 2,056 km
- Czech Republic: 1,559 km
- Austria: 1,397 km
- Belarus: 1,351 km
- United States: 1,336 km
- Ukraine: 1,267 km
- Japan: 1,160 km
- Uzbekistan: 1,067 km
- Serbia: 1,023 km
- Iran: 1,010 km
- Georgia: 944 km
- Iraq(Kurdistan): 703 km
- Bulgaria: 699 km
- Turkmenistan: 682 km
- Croatia: 640 km
- Hungary: 530 km
- Egypt: 387 km
- Armenia: 382 km
- Moldova: 356 km
- Israel: 342 km
- Slovenia: 328 km
- Azerbaijan: 306 km
- Bosnia & Herzegovina: 228 km
- Ireland: 215 km
- Morocco: 191 km
- Belgium: 67 km
- Canada: 48 km
Total: 36,992 km
As of October 8th, 2019.
Taken from hitchlog.com/personal spreadsheet (hitchlog unreliable since 2018).
(*)means I only hitched through the country
- Most distance covered with one driver: 883 km
July 26 & 27, 2015: Ukrainian trucker in a Bulgarian truck who took me almost all the way from the Georgian-Turkish border at Sarpi to Bolu on my way to Istanbul within two days. Got this ride after a desperate, 2.5h wait near the border. Stayed a night in Samsun with a friend and then hitched this guy completely randomly again the next day near Merzifon.
- Longest single ride: 516 km
July 18 & 19, 2015: 'twas the morning of Bayram... Samsun to Batumi - Georgian trucker, whose truck kept breaking down, while the guy had to find an ATM that would accept AmEx and a place to top up his phone - needless to say, it took 14 hours and I arrived to Batumi at 3 am(but I got there and that's what matters :)
- Longest wait: 6 hrs
April 16, 2017: Atlanta, GA, various I-75 on-ramps. A cumulative wait time for 3 different spots. First was 3 hrs without any success, although 2 cars stopped (both going in the wrong direction). The second spot attracted an uber driver from Haiti after approx. 20 min., who took me for free to the next exit (about 3 miles, still deep suburbia). Third spot was completely hopeless and I gave up after 3 hours in the Sun and took a bus to Tennessee the next day. It was Easter Sunday, which might explain it...
- Highest speed: ~190kph
June 24th, 2017: Warsaw to Lviv, between Garwolin and Lublin. Polish IT guy on his way to see his family in Zamosc, which was great as he took close to the border really quickly. Approximate speed as I could not see the speedometer, but when I finally got my phone to check the speed, GPS said 185 kph and it seemed to me he was going slower than previously.
- Best 24 Hours: 654 km
June 17th, 2017: Bratislava to Warsaw. 4 out of 5 drivers were Polish. Hitched on the highway in Bratislava and got picked up within 10 mins. Beat previous record by only 14 km (same route, opposite direction).
- Most rides hitched within 24 hours: 15 rides
June 24th, 2017: Warsaw to Lviv, wondering through the Polish countryside near Zamosc while trying to get to a small border crossing with pedestrians allowed. Very little traffic and extremely sparsely populated (never seen a better definition of "middle of nowhere" and I've been to freaking Wyoming!) - lesson learned...
Planned Trips
Ukraine(entering through the famous split village), Moldova(+Transnistria)(2019), Romania
- Serbia(Vojvodina, visiting Slovak villages), Romania (Banat, visiting Czech villages), Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro
Iran+Kurdistan (you know which country I'm talking about) + Central Asia(2019)
- UAE, Oman, Saudi, Jordan, Cyprus
- Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, possibly Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Nigeria
- Russia to Japan (via Sakhalin)
- Wildest of all, although apparently not entirely impossible: Bratislava to Ushuaia, including the Bering Strait via Magadan, Chukotka and eventually Nome, Alaska - would require a lot of outdoor camping experience, expensive, extreme cold outdoor gear, permits, media coverage/support and a good will/marketing deal with a local Alaskan airline (Chukotka to Alaska flight)
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Bruce homers to lift Arroyo and Reds over Rockies
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- It's time for veteran pitchers to move toward regular-season form, and that happened for the Rockies and the Reds on Monday night in a game the Reds took, 4-3, at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
Rockies left-hander Jorge De La Rosa, finally clear of pain and fear that resulted from 2011 elbow surgery, had his second-straight strong game -- one run and two hits in five innings. Reds righty Bronson Arroyo held the Rockies to one run and five hits in 5 2/3 innings and had an RBI double.
De La Rosa threw four scoreless innings against the Cubs in his last game, but gave up four hits and two walks. This time, his changeup and slider were forcing Reds hitters into fly balls.
"The location was much better," said De La Rosa, who faced a mostly regular lineup.
De La Rosa, who had several setbacks while coming back last season and made just three starts (0-2, 9.28 ERA), had what looked like a scary moment that turned into a good laugh. Before the second inning, De La Rosa was looking into the dugout so intently that manager Walt Weiss and head athletic trainer Keith Dugger came to the mound. It turned out not to be an injury.
"I was looking for Wilin [Rosario, the catcher], and they thought I was looking for them," De La Rosa said. "He took too much time [to put on his gear]."
Arroyo finished with 13 outs on 11 ground balls, with two double-play grounders.
"I felt good tonight -- it was a night game, it felt like a regular game today. I knew I was going to get deep in the ballgame and I was going to hit and all that. It was nice. Fowler starts me off with a bomb-bomb and everything else went smooth from there."
Rockies leadoff man Dexter Fowler opened the bottom of the first with his second homer of the spring, a shot to deep center.
The Reds scored twice in the sixth off Rockies lefty Christian Friedrich, who was pitching in a game for the first time since last July 28, before he was shut down with a back injury. Friedrich began this spring with a less-extensive injury. Cesar Izturis, competing for a bench job, opened with a double and scored on Donald Lutz's single. Jay Bruce hit his third home run of the spring, a two-out solo shot well beyond the left-field fence, off Friedrich, who gave up two runs on four hits in two innings.
Reds speedster Billy Hamilton tripled and scored in the eighth.
The Rockies' Jonathan Herrera doubled twice.
Ben Paulsen hit his second homer of the spring -- both against the Reds -- to open the Rockies' ninth against Drew Hayes.
Up next: Through 13 games this spring, Joey Votto is batting .393 (11-for-28) with two home runs and eight RBIs. It's likely that Votto will be back in the lineup Tuesday when the Reds host the White Sox at 4:05 p.m. ET in Goodyear Ballpark. Homer Bailey will start the game for Cincinnati and be followed by Manny Parra, Sean Marshall, Jose Arredondo and Logan Ondrusek.


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The Unmotivated Asshole's Guide To Passive Income With Niche Sites
Soooo… I feel like everybody with an IM blog is busy guru-ing and taking over the world with their spam while I'm just here twiddling my thumbs.
If you're looking for motivation or wisdom, I'm going to tell you right now that you're on the wrong blog. What you'll find here is a lack of motivation, disdain, and apathy about internet marketing and seo.
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• Apple: YouTube app will not be included in iOS 6, Google working on standalone version – Apple says its license has expired on the YouTube app that's been part of iOS since the first iPhone. Instead, Google will craft its own app, and YouTube videos will be viewable in Safari.
• Apple to roll new Dock connector out across entire iOS product lineup this fall – More rumorage regarding the allegedly smaller dock connector coming to the next iPhone. iMore says it will be added to all iOS hardware.
• Samsung: Our smartphones are 'distinctly different' – In the Apple v. Samsung trial, Samsung says carriers demand that its phones be different.
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The charity, Marie Stopes International, commissioned the study of 1,077 children aged from 11-15.
It intends to use the findings to win support for a new campaign it is running to supply any child logging onto its website with free condoms on request, which will be posted to them at home.
More than half of those surveyed did not know that condoms could prevent HIV while one in 10 believed the virus could be passed on through kissing.
The study also revealed that more young people were concerned about contracting a sexually transmitted infection or getting pregnant than they were about doing well at school.
"Marie Stopes International UK hopes to overcome these factors by encouraging young people to find out about condoms and become comfortable with them before they think about having sex."
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He said one particularly worrying statistic was that even where young people had received sex education at school, their levels of awareness were not significantly higher.
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Our vacation on the Maine coast was coming to an end, and we were planning our trip back to the Manchester, N.H., airport. After gorging ourselves for a few days on seafood we were ready for something different and settled on Friendly's, a chain of ice cream and sandwich shops that was a favorite of ours when we lived in that part of the country. I looked up Friendly's in the phone book, found one in Portsmouth, N.H., and plugged the address into the GPS.Sure enough, the GPS ("Garmanda," we call her) delivered us with little fuss or bother to the Friendly's parking lot. When we were finished (I passed on the Friendly's heart attack special, a cheeseburger in which the bun—I'm not making this up—is replaced by two grilled cheese sandwiches), I simply asked Garmanda to take us to the Manchester Airport, and she did, keeping us posted all the time on what time we could expect to arrive.I could make millions, and live in the style in which I would like to be accustomed, if I could come up with a GPS for congregations. It would be a gizmo into which a pastor could plug in a desired destination (the creation of a new contemporary service or the implementation of an imaginative confirmation program). The gizmo would spit out all the moves to be made and the proper time to make them to the complete satisfaction of all concerned, all the while informing folks of the exact date of implementation. Unfortunately, this kind of thing requires working with people, not just negotiating turns on a highway, which makes my dream invention exponentially more difficult and certainly beyond my limited capabilities.Some high-priced new cars come fully equipped with GPS systems, but no congregation does. It would be nice sometimes if ministry, in the context of a congregation, worked like assembling IKEA furniture (first do this, then do that, and it is all put together) but it doesn't. This requires pastoral leaders who are nimble, agile, able to change, adjust and deal with occasional frustrations and failures. (Interns: I figure that if you did not fail at anything this year, you have not tried much and probably have not learned much.) No GPS. Just that "cloud by day and fire by night" business.It was nice to have an easy way to find Friendly's, but it would have been really exciting to find it on my own. Hope you are having exciting times in your congregation!
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Now is a good time to go goose hunting
There seems to be one cold front behind the other now coming through Southeast Texas. For those of us that prefer staying warm, the cold is only tolerable. For those of us that enjoy the lower temperatures, the cold fronts are welcome. I'll say here that what is cold in Southeast Texas is not cold in the more northern areas. That is unless you add in the wind and humidity. That situation does close the cold gap.
There are a couple of things that are taking place now. One of them is normal; the other is slightly abnormal. The last couple of cold fronts and the full moon have driven more and more geese into our area. Not only geese, but more and more mallard ducks. Historically the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast are the wintering areas for most of the snow geese along the central and Mississippi flyways. That seems to continue to be the case with only a couple of differences. There is less rice being raised now in the U.S., especially in our area. What that means is a large part of the migration heads on down further south into Mexico. I do not go to Mexico anymore, but the photos from down there show clouds of waterfowl, including the snow geese. I assume that is not a bad thing, since we are experiencing overpopulation here with less forage for them. There are still plenty of the geese that Eskimos call "White Waveys." The reason that many hunters don't seem to see all of these geese is that they have found havens in the local National Wildlife Refuge no-hunt areas.
Another thing that began a couple decades ago with good intentions is the practice of short stopping the birds with mounds of corn and other grains. That seemed to achieve their goal, but it also altered the migration somewhat. It seems that now many of the geese and also ducks that once came to Southeast Texas are staying in the middle of the country. It takes some extremely cold weather, and it should last several days, in order to drive them further south.
Having said all of the above, there are still thousands of geese that are huntable, and there are a good number of hunters taking advantage of them. What seems to be the ticket to a good day in the field is good weather.
There is nothing scientific about this, but it has been my experience that windy, rainy days are best in the flooded rice fields. Many times when a cold front is approaching and the weather becomes slightly warmer, overcast, rainy and windy, that's when rice field hunters do best. On the other hand, when the fronts pass through and the days become windy, cold and clear, those are marsh hunt days. The ducks tend to spend nights in the flooded rice and then settle in the marsh ponds. The geese will concentrate on the marsh ridges that were previously burned clean. The tender green grass does attract many thousands of geese. The geese will also concentrate in the planted green fields that the ranchers plant for their livestock. When that happens, the ranchers sometimes experience damage to their fields. No matter; these are great hunt areas if you have permission to hunt on them.
Fog is another weather condition that has a super effect on the waterfowl. Back several years ago when there were many rice fields and no burned marsh ridges with young green grass, fog was a goose hunter's friend. There would be enough hunters scattered in rice fields or green fields hereabouts to keep the birds flying. In the fog, the geese were easily called to white decoys. Many of us could only afford white newspaper to use, but on foggy mornings they did the job.
At the present time with fewer feeding fields and the burned marsh ridges, when a fog rolls in the geese will not fly. If there is nothing to spook them from their rest areas, then they will remain there for the duration. Should they be forced to fly, then the hunting will still be super.


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A month after surgery in Detroit for an undisclosed ailment, Aretha Franklin says her health is "superb."
Franklin called in to Wednesday's installment of "The Wendy Williams Show," telling the host she was relaxing at a casino hotel in her hometown and hopes to begin traveling soon, saying she'll be "looking for a fabulous beach." She says she has two more weeks of down time as she continues her recovery.
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The legendary singer also vowed to reschedule the concert dates she missed.
Franklin's voice was strong and steady during the interview, and she hinted she was dating someone.
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With the exception of written statements and print interviews with Jet magazine, this was one of the first times the 68-year-old Franklin has been heard since the Dec. 2 surgery.
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Just weeks after series creator Ryan Murphy announced plans to "graduate" the original cast of "Glee," developments are coming out on who's going to be sticking around McKinley High -- and who's bound to go.
Chord Overstreet, who plays "trouty-mouthed" Sam, missed the boat on becoming a regular on the high-school comi-musical, TV Line reports.
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Darren Criss, who plays the crooning love interest of Blaine, will also be a permanent fixture, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed with the actor himself.