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Meetings with John are for the realization of meaning in all aspects of our existence, to address life by knowledge and sincerity rather than fear, desire, and speculation. Life is mysterious, but we are able to know. We know how we are being inside, when the heart is hard and when it is soft. We know kindness and love. We know what is true within and we can know the deeper meaning of this life.
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DePauw moved to 3-0 for the third time in the last four years and improved to 2-0 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play following a 35-7 win over visiting Sewanee which dropped to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in conference play.
Senior quarterback Michael Engle tossed four touchdown passes including a school-record tying three to all-American Alex Koors. With his 157 receiving yards, Koors broke the DePauw career mark of 2,913 held by Dan Ryan (1999-02).
Sewnee drove to the DePauw 30 before fumbling on the game's first series and the host Tigers took advantage on their first possession as Derrick Karazsia rushed in from 2 yards. DePauw, however, couldn't capitalize on the next three series as it was stopped at the Sewanee 3 and missed a pair of field goals.
Engle and Koors teamed for a 61-yard scoring pass with 7:48 left in the half before Mark Branigan made it 21-0 with a 12-yard strike from Engle.
Koors hauled in touchdown passes of 5 and 43 yards to push the lead to 35-0 before Sewanee's Ben Cleveland scored on a 22-yard pass from Lee Schurlknight with 8:50 left.
Engle completed 25 of 37 passes for a career-high 384 yards with four scores and no interceptions. Koors hauled in six for 157 yards as he topped the 100-yard plateau for the 13th time in his career and extended his streak of catching a pass to 32 games.
Brayden Dahlstrom caught six for 76 yards and Jon Ellis had five for 53. Derrick Karazsia rushed for 67 yards on 13 carries and had one score.
Schurlknight completed 18 of 33 passes for 137 yards and a touchdown and was intercepted once. Michael Poarch caught five for 34 yards and Cleveland hauled in four for 46 and the one score. Schurlknight led the way with 39 rushing yards in 15 tries.
DePauw outgained Sewanee in total offense, 524-267 and totaled 27 first downs to the guests' 17. Each team finished with 130 rushing yards, but the hosts held a 394-137 advantage through the air.
Jonathan Lambert had a career-best 13 tackles, while Steve Valdiserri had eight. Joshua Sturek led with two tackles for loss and had the Tigers' only sack.
Alfonza Knight paced Sewanee with 16 tackles including 13 solos, while Zac Atkins totaled nine.
DePauw travels to Millsaps on Saturday, October 2, while Sewanee hosts Centre next Saturday.

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Form-Based Codes Lite
In a forthcoming article, Nicole Garnett of Notre Dame Law School critiques form-based codes, on the reasonable ground that these codes often include meticulous aesthetic regulations that may be difficult and expensive to comply with.
However, there may be a way to supply some of the benefits of form-based codes without heavy-handed aesthetic regulation. In theory, a form-based code could be limited to verifiable characteristics such as setbacks, yard types, building height, frontage size and lot coverage.
On the positive side, a form-based code focusing on the sort of objective indicators traditionally regulated by zoning would allow a developer to build buildings that were at least somewhat compatible with the rest of a neighborhood (or with the city's vision of what a neighborhood should look like), without having to pay the costs of aesthetic regulation. For example, a city could mandate that all buildings in a neighborhood be small enough to create a dense, low-rise neighborhood, without telling the developer what the windows, facades or other architectural details should look like.
On the other hand, there may be a trade-off between flexibility and beauty: a zoning code that only addressed objective indicia of community character such as building height and width would allow the creation of buildings that on paper are compatible with a city's plan, and yet are poorly built and/or do not look particularly good.
But even such a permissive form-based code could be used to create neighborhoods that are no uglier than existing sprawl and are far more pedestrian-friendly. So for a city concerned about housing costs and burdening developers, a form-based code that does not regulate aesthetics might be an adequate compromise between a more rigorous form-based code and status quo zoning.


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Dear Sir or Madam,
we launched C&D Weinhandelsgesellschaft in Meckenheim on 15th March 1994, founding the company on an original business concept, a healthy dose of enthusiasm and not least the love of wine we have had for many generations. Since then it has been a legally and financially independent company which now has its headquarters in Cologne.
After the first few years, when we focused mainly on export and wholesale trade, we were soon able to make a name for ourselves in the field of noble growths and rarities, made possible in particular by constant acquisition of selected private collections. Our continual expansion has been accompanied by Rosita Cuvelier joining the company as a dormant partner and a resultant increase in capital which gave us further opportunities for developing. Since then we have constantly striven to extend and broaden our range for you.
We left our offices in Meckenheim in August 2001 as they were no longer large enough. Since then we have been situated in Friedrichshof in Köln-Rondorf, an area rich in tradition, and it is these walls, steeped in history, which now provide a suitable background for our high-class wines. But what would history and tradition be without the advantages of the multimedia age: our Internet site allows you to order even the most exquisite drops quickly, comfortably and at any time! We are particularly pleased to welcome you to our site and hope you have a lot of fun browsing and discovering our gems!
The "C":Michel Cuvelier, born in 1958, grew up in his homeland Belgium in naturally vinophile surroundings. After a short detour into the field of pharmacy he soon once more devoted himself completely to the wine business.
After working for ten years for a large importer in the Rhineland he joined forces with Peer Dörpinghaus to use the experience he had already gained for his own business concept.
"D": Peer Dörpinghaus, born
in 1970, comes from a family from the Ahr valley, where it was not just
his grandparents who owned a gastronomy business; his great-grandparents
had also dedicated themselves to the job of wine-grower. After completing
a course of commercial training, he soon returned to his roots and, after
working for a year as a wine broker, also became a partner in C&D
Weinhandelsgesellschaft mbH.
|Michel Cuvelier
Peer Dörpinghaus
Opening hours:
|Monday – Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and later
|Friday: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and later
|24 hours, 7 days a week
|24 hours, 7 days a week (answering machine might be on)
|24 hours, 7 days a week
|Monday – Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
|Fridays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
It is only possible to collect orders outside warehouse opening hours if this has been arranged beforehand! Visitors & people collecting their own wines are very welcome, but do not have the opportunity to taste wines or browse, as we do not operate a classic retail business or a "vinotheke".
Your C&D Weinhandelsgesellschaft mbH


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Nokia has sent out invites to a few Russian Windows Phone sites, including WP7Forum.ru for an August 28th event. The invite, always a good source for clues, simply shows a piano keyboard along with the "world premier" and date written across.
Speculation on the conservative side would suggest the launch of Nokia Music, but that is already up and running in that region. Perhaps a keyboarded device? Maybe but so far there has been zero indication that Nokia would make such a phone, in fact, they have been adamant in the past that they won't. And as WP7Forum point out, it would be odd to have a "world premier" for an accessory, though we suppose anything is possible.
One cannot also discount the possibility of another Asha series device, which would have little implication for Windows Phone users. Finally, the device in question could be a Lumia tailored for the Russian market, akin to the Lumia 928 for Verizon.
But at this point, there is little to go on—probably just the way Nokia likes it. We'll keep digging though for clues.
Source: WP7Forum.ru


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Geology, collections, maps, books
Source: BGR
Our Planet Earth is our livelihood. Its natural resources are limited and natural hazards are influencing our live.
Geoscientific data and information are a pre-requisite for the discovery of natural resources and for evaluating natural hazards. BGR facilitates such through our vast collections and core repositories, which include all kinds of rocks, minerals and fossils. Geoscientific maps, geoinformation systems and our archive and library, with their reports, publications, journals and books complement the information basis.
Geological data are essential for almost all aspects of our modern life. They are needed to guaranteeing potable water, to discovering oil and gas and to exploiting resources, which are needed to build our roads, bridges and buildings. In order to assess geological risks such as land slides, volcanic eruptions and floods, geoinformation is indispensible.
The collection and core repositories of BGR are the base of the geological information we provide. As such, the collection documents the history and geology of our earth and its resources by including a vast collection of rocks, minerals, ore, fossils and drill cores.
The data and results deriving from numerous investigations in the field and on the material stored in our collection are homogenized and synthesized at BGR , by our expert scientists. It is our goal to offer our collections and data in a way, which enables the public to use our publications, reports, interactive applications, digital and printed maps. Besides BGR 's own products offers the Geocentre Hannover hosts the largest geoscientific library and archive in Western Europe, by including more than 600.000 books, journals, maps and reports. The library is open to the public and offers considerable service to their users.


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When asked what my favourite album is, aside from slating the questioner for such ignorance to ask as much, my answer always ends up being Pela's 'Anytown Graffiti'. To be honest I'm not 100% it is my ultimate album but I never seem to be able to give any other answer.
Released in 2007 and despite landing itself on over 35 'Best Albums of 2007' lists, it remained relatively unknown. The band, from Brooklyn, went on to nurture their incredible live act and began (and supposedly finished) recording their second album - 'Rise ye Sunken Ships!'. To my immense sadness it was never released and Pela split up in 2009.
For front-man, Billy McCarthy, this was the beginning of a roller-coaster of a journey. This began with the tragic death of his brother, after which Billy was faced with the huge decision of whether to give up on music or take the plunge by starting a new band.
Fortunately he did the latter and We Are Augustines was born with Eric Sanderson of Pela joining in on the action as well.
Perhaps it's not the amazing music of Pela's 'Anytown Graffiti' that makes me so attached to it (don't get me wrong - it is an incredible album) but more the fairytale story which has come to accompany it. No matter what happens in life, if you want something bad enough and try hard enough, it will come.
We Are Augustines 'made it' and have just finished another European tour playing to hundreds of thousands of fans across the continent. I was lucky enough to see them twice and meet Billy who was approachable, polite, funny and grateful.
This is not just another band, it is a couple of men who have plugged away at something for so many years and this is painfully clear in all of their music. Finally they are reaping the rewards - I couldn't be happier for them.
Pela - Lost to the Lonesome
Pela - Waiting on the Stairs
Read Pela's story here
We Are Augustines - Chapel Song
Support Billy and Eric by following WAA on Facebook right about here


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RVBUSINESS.com Site Posts Year of Solid Growth
May 28, 2010 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on RVBUSINESS.com Site Posts Year of Solid Growth
RVBUSINESS.com has completed more than a year of impressive viewership growth since unveiling its remodeled website in March of 2009.
An independent survey by Compete Inc. (www.Compete.com <http://www.Compete.com> ), a third-party web analytics firm, places the number of unique RVBUSINESS.com visitors in April at 23,792, a 12.2% increase over the previous month and a 113.4% increase over April of 2009 when the redesigned site debuted.
During that 14-month period ending April 30, according to Google Analytics, the site recorded 3.1 million pageviews as the busiest business-to-business site operated by Ventura, Calif.-based Affinity Group Inc., RVB's parent company and one of the nation's leading providers of outdoor recreation media and clubs.
"We're pleased that our industry readers have responded so well to our daily efforts to build up the content and functionality of RVBUSINESS.com," said RVB Publisher Sherman Goldenberg, who's based out of the RV-building hub of Elkhart, Ind. "And we hope they appreciate the fact that the site is run by veteran newspaper people who adhere to RVB's traditional, even-handed approach to industry news and care about the veracity of the news they disseminate
"Central to this whole effort," he added, "is RVB Web Editor Steve Bibler, a former Elkhart Truth staffer who also doubles as editor of RVB's sister publication, Woodall's Campground Management. Bibler handles the hour-by-hour task of posting stories on RVBUSINESS.com as well as WOODALLSCM.com and is backed up by support people in Southern California and Bowling Green, Ky."
The RVBUSINESS.com site, an offshoot of RVBusiness magazine, typically offers industry readers a selection of 12 Breaking News stories daily, as well as regular, staff-written "News in Focus" and "Retail Pulse" dealer profiles plus video, an industry calendar and an automatic stock ticker.
The redesigned site also distributes timely breaking industry news via RSS feeds and daily e-email and features video links on news postings, a video screen for news and advertising, new interactive ad buttons that drive better click-thru rates to advertisers and enhanced interactivity among websites.
RVBusiness.com Now With Mobile Phone & iPhone Interface
May 5, 2009 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on RVBusiness.com Now With Mobile Phone & iPhone Interface
In an ongoing effort to upgrade its web presence, RVBUSINESS.com, the Internet website of RVBusiness magazine, has made it even easier for you to keep up with the dynamic recreational vehicle industry's breaking news. Our website now has a mobile phone and iPhone interface so you can get the information you need while you're on the move. In addition, our breaking news is also on Twitter, the social network that has drawn so much attention recently in the national press.


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99ViralThreads needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
ViralThreads is a monthly t-shirt club that designs and sells t-shirts themed off our custom produced, monthly video clips.
Our target demographic is primarily males 18 - 30 years of age. However because of the virility of the model we touch both male and female, young and old.
Despite a wide audience who view our monthly movie. Our primary t-shirt purchaser is the 18-30 year old males.
We are not liking the direction of most the designs so far. Everything seems to be going much too cartoonish. That said here are the new specs. We have attached 4 different links to Hurley designs. We like the look and feel of these designs. The winner of our design contest will be the artist who can create a similar look and feel to one of these designs.
Title of shirt: "Soap Sale"
Shirt Color: Dark, no white shirts


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This exhibition was organized by the Asian Art Museum in partnership with the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre, People's Republic of China. Images: Armored General, Qin Dynasty (221–206 BCE). China. Terracotta. Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum, serial number 002747.


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United States of America
In the Matter of
Case No. 04 FSIP 45
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Washington, D.C. (Employer or VA) and the United American Nurses, AFL-CIO (Union or UAN) filed a joint request for assistance with the Federal Service Impasses Panel (Panel) to consider a negotiation impasse under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (Statute), 5 U.S.C. § 7119.
After investigation of the request for assistance, the Panel determined that the dispute, which involves portions of three articles in the parties' first master collective-bargaining agreement (MCBA), should be resolved through an informal conference with Panel Member Joseph C. Whitaker. The parties were informed that if no settlement was reached, Member Whitaker would notify the Panel of the status of the dispute, including the parties' final offers and his recommendations for resolving the impasse. After considering this information, the Panel would resolve the dispute by taking whatever action it deems appropriate, which could include the issuance of a binding decision.
Pursuant to this procedural determination, Member Whitaker convened meetings with the parties on April 14 and 15, 2004, at the Panel's offices in Washington, D.C. During those sessions, the Union withdrew its proposal concerning parking for Union representatives at VA facilities; however, all other issues remained in dispute. Thereafter, the parties submitted their final offers and post-conference supporting statements. Member Whitaker has reported to the Panel and it has now considered the entire record.
The Employer's mission is to operate medical facilities nationwide that provide a full array of care for military veterans including primary, specialty, in-patient, medical-surgical, psychiatric and long-term care services. On November 16, 2001, the UAN was certified by the Federal Labor Relations Authority as the exclusive collective-bargaining representative for a bargaining unit consisting of approximately 6,000 registered nurses (RNs)[1]/ stationed at 21 VA facilities nationwide.
The parties disagree over: (1) Article 5, Labor Management Relations National Meeting (whether there should be mutual agreement on agenda items; the number of Union representatives to attend the meeting on official time, and the payment of travel and per diem expenses for them); (2) Article 40, Union Use of VA Facilities and Services (the square footage of Union office space that is to be shared by national and local Union officers; ability to negotiate locally over alternative space); and (3) Article 43, Official Time (amount of official time for the Union's national vice-president and for local bargaining-unit representatives; Union's ability to designate an alternate representative to utilize official time; the amount of notice the Union is to provide to the Employer when requesting that an alternate be released from patient care duties to perform representational work; release of alternate to perform Union representational activities; and the authority of alternate to bind the Union).
Article 5, Labor-Management Relations (LMR) National Meeting
The Union's Position
The Union proposes to eliminate any requirement that the parties "mutually agree" upon the agenda for their annual meeting; official time and travel and per diem expenses would be authorized for eight UAN representatives to attend the meeting. Agreement on the meeting agenda is unnecessary. While the Employer believes that mutual agreement would reduce the length of the meeting and, thereby, control costs, the parties already have agreed to limit the meeting to a single day, absent mutual agreement to extend it. Requiring mutual agreement on the agenda may be problematic as either party could attempt to delay the annual meeting if there is no mutual consent on agenda items. The VA's national labor agreements with four other unions do not require mutual agreement on agendas and there is no need to deviate from that bargaining pattern.
As to the number of Union representatives on official time at the LMR meeting and the payment of their travel and per diem expenses, eight should receive official time and travel and per diem because that is the number of members on the Union's National Council, its decision-making body; in the event that the parties reach agreement at the LMR meeting on matters that would require the consent of the National Council, their presence would allow for immediate execution of those agreements. The proposal also would provide the Union with "sufficient" parity with the four other national unions at the VA; in this regard, by contract, the VA has agreed to authorize official time and travel and per diem expenses for 29 AFGE representatives, 12 NAGE representatives, 10 NFFE representatives and 10 SEIU representatives to attend national-level LMR meetings with management.
The Employer's Position
The Employer proposes that "(t)he agenda [] be mutually agreed upon;" official time and travel and per diem expenses would be authorized for six UAN representatives to attend the meeting. Requiring mutual agreement on the agenda may help the parties limit the number of topics they reasonably could expect to address in a single day, and limit the cost of the LMR meeting. It is also consistent with the general concept that such meetings are supposed to be collaborative. On the issue of official time and travel and per diem expenses, the Union should be limited to sending six representatives because that is the number of representatives the Union had on its contract bargaining team. If six were adequate for the purpose of negotiating the parties' first MCBA, that number should be sufficient for purposes of the LMR meeting. While the Employer may have authorized official time and travel and per diem expenses for a larger number of representatives at such meetings on behalf of other VA unions, they represent greater numbers and broader ranges of employees than UAN and, therefore, require a more diverse representation to adequately represent employees' interests. Moreover, because of the nursing shortage at the VA, the Employer has an interest in minimizing the number of nurses it would have to release from patient care duties to attend a meeting in Washington, D.C.
Having carefully considered the
parties' evidence and arguments on this issue, we are persuaded that the
Union's proposal provides the better resolution.
In our view, requiring the parties to mutually agree on the agenda for
the annual meeting, as the Employer proposes, could lead to its postponement or
cancellation, and the unnecessary filing of grievances.
Furthermore, the Employer's cost concerns appear to be unfounded since
the parties already have agreed to limit the meeting to 1 day.
The Union's approach, on the other hand, is more reasonable because it
would avoid a potentially confrontational situation between the parties.
As to the number of Union representatives on official time, and the
payment of their travel and per diem expenses by the Employer, the
Union's proposal appears to be more consistent with what management has agreed
to provide its other labor organizations. For
these reasons, we shall order the adoption of the Union's final offer to
resolve the parties' dispute.
Article 40,
Union Use Of VA Facilities and Services
a. The Union's
essence, the Union proposes that Union office space should measure at least 160
sq. ft. when it is to be shared by both national and local Union
representatives; alternative office space arrangements for the UAN national
president and officers would be bargained locally.
A 160 sq. ft. office would be adequate to serve as shared space because
it could accommodate the office furnishing authorized for both a national and
local Union representatives, and still provide enough privacy for two
representatives to conduct business in the office at the same time. Since VA facilities vary widely in terms of the amount of
space available for offices, it is difficult for the parties to develop a "one
size fits all" solution during MCBA negotiations.
Therefore, the parties should have the flexibility to bargain locally
over alternative space for national officers and representatives.
The Employer's Position
The Employer proposes that "(w)here feasible, such shareable
space will be at least 120 sq. ft." It
contends that an office consisting of 120 sq. ft. should be large enough to
comfortably accommodate two desks, chairs, computers and other office equipment.
The proposal would set a minimum size for shared office space, and not a
maximum, so the parties would be free to negotiate locally over additional
space, as they already have agreed to do in MCBA negotiations.
Thus, the Union would not be foreclosed from obtaining more space at
those VA facilities that could accommodate larger Union offices.
thorough consideration of the evidence and arguments presented by the parties on
this issue, we conclude that the dispute over Union office space should be
resolved on the basis of the Employer's final offer.
The record reveals that VA facilities differ widely in terms of the
amount of space available for offices and, because of that, it may not be
feasible to provide the Union with an office of 160 sq. ft. at those facilities
where national and local Union officers are to share Union office space.
In our view, the better approach is to require shared office space to be
a minimum of 120 sq. ft., as the Employer proposes, but leave open the
possibility that larger offices or additional space be provided through local
negotiations at facilities that can accommodate such arrangements.
Accordingly, we shall order the parties to adopt the Employer's
Article 43, Official Time
The Union's Position
In essence, the Union
proposes that the national Union vice-president be authorized 100-percent
official time[2]/; official time could be rolled
over from one Union representative to another; in regard to the release of Union
representative to perform Union representational functions, when a
locally-elected official, who also is a national official, is "periodically"
unavailable to perform local Union representational functions, another local
official would be permitted to perform such local functions; the locally-elected
official who assumes the duties of the unavailable representative would be
delegated a portion of that unavailable representative's official time.
If release of the Union representative could not be accommodated at the
time requested because of patient care needs, the parties, in a timely manner,
would be required to establish a mutually agreeable time for release of the
Union representative to ensure the preservation of the Union's
representational obligations. Additionally,
each local UAN bargaining unit would be entitled to the equivalent of .40 FTEE[3]/
on official time (32 hours per 2-week pay period).
The Union would be permitted to designate the local representatives for
whom this time is authorized.
One hundred percent official time for its national vice-president
is warranted due to the broad array of Union representational duties the
incumbent would be expected to perform. In
this regard, the vice-president is to undertake the same functions as an
officer-at-large, which is estimated to require 20 hours a pay period, but also
share the workload of the president, which should amount to another 20 hours of
representational work. Combining
these duties with those inherent in the vice-president's position (40 hours
worth of representational work each pay period) the vice-president would be
expected to perform 80 hours of representation per pay period, which is the
equivalent of having full-time Union representational duties.
Since this is the parties' first MCBA, there are likely to be many
"start-up" issues, including the negotiation of local agreements that would
require consultation between the vice-president and local units.
The proposal for 100-percent official time for the vice-president is
"appropriately proportional" to the VA's agreement with AFGE.
Even though UAN does not represent as many employees as AFGE, a national
union still must perform functions that bear no relation to the number of
employees it represents; participation in labor-management committees, reviewing
regulations, and other institutional functions of the national union do not vary
by the size of the unit.
With respect to the rollover of official time from one Union representative to another, and the release of an alternate Union representative to perform Union representational functions, the proposed provision balances the Employer's need to fulfill its patient care mission with the Union's statutory right to designate its representatives and attend to Union representational matters. Furthermore, the proposal contains a "safety valve" concerning the release of a designated alternate which provides that if the Union representative cannot be released when requested due to patient care needs, the parties in a timely manner are to agree upon an alternative time for release. This mechanism for release of alternates is identical to language already agreed upon by the parties in Article 43, Section 4, which sets forth procedures for the release of Union representatives (other than alternates) on official time.
As to official time for local Union representatives and the Union's designation of its representatives, each local bargaining unit should be authorized 32 hours of official time (.40 FTEE) every pay period to ensure that local representatives are able to handle effectively not only routine representational matters, but also initial "start up" issues that are likely to include matters involving the overlay of a national contract on local agreements. Moreover, the VA has authorized similar amounts of official time for local AFGE and NAGE representatives in its master agreements with those two labor organizations; both of those contracts provide for "at least one (local) union official with no less than 40-percent official time," which equates to 32 hours per pay period. Finally, the wording that would allow UAN to designate the local representatives for whom official time is authorized should be adopted because it reflects the Union's "statutory" right to designate its own representatives.
The Employer's Position
The Employer basically proposes that the Union's national vice-president be authorized 50-percent official time. With respect to the Union's ability to transfer official time from one Union representative to another, and the release of an alternate Union representative to perform Union representational functions, when a locally-elected official, who also is a national official, "occasionally" is unavailable to perform local Union representational functions, another local official, such as the local vice-president, may perform such local functions; when the Union delegates official time to an alternate pursuant to this provision, the release of the alternate would be granted when adequate notice has been given, normally 6 weeks, patient care permitting. The alternate may not increase his/her own official time allocation by adding the national official's allotment so as to become a de facto full-time Union representative; the alternate to whom official time is delegated also must be delegated full authority to act and make decisions in the absence of the national official. Finally, each local UAN bargaining unit would be authorized up to 24 hours of official time per pay period.
Fifty percent official time for the national Union vice-president is reasonable because that allocation, when viewed in light of the UAN's relative size, is "in line" with the amounts of official time granted to AFGE and NFFE national officials in their MCBAs with the VA. Because all UAN national officials are professional nurses, any official time allocated to them necessarily takes scarce nursing staff away from patient care duties that form the core of the VA's mission. The amount proposed strikes a balance between patient care needs and the Union's desire to have sufficient official time authorized to support its national representational functions. As to the parties' dispute over the rollover of official time from one local Union representative to another, and the criteria for release of an alternate Union representative to perform representational functions, the solution offered by management would safeguard the VA's patient care mission while allowing the Union adequate flexibility to accomplish its representational duties. In this regard, the requirement that the Union provide 6-weeks' notice for the release of a Union representative who is to act as an alternate would give the Employer time to plan all nurses' shifts in time to post them 4 weeks in advance. The proposal also would prevent an alternate from becoming a de facto full-time Union representative. Requiring the alternate to have the full authority to act and make decisions in the absence of the Union official that has delegated the time would increase the odds that the use of official time would be productive. Finally, an allocation of a minimum of 24 hours of official time per pay period to each local bargaining unit is reasonable because it would establish an appropriate floor for bargaining locally over any additional time. During local negotiations, particular nursing needs and shortages at local facilities may be taken into consideration. Providing, up front, an amount of official time that would be in excess of 24 hours could have a negative impact on patient care in this time of severe nursing shortages.
Upon a complete evaluation of
the proposals and arguments presented by the parties, we are persuaded that
their dispute over the official time article should be resolved on the basis of
the Employer's position. It appears that the Union's internal organizational needs,
rather than the size of the bargaining unit it represents, is the basis for the
Union's proposal that a second national officer receive 100-percent official
time. In our view, the size of the
bargaining unit, and the fact that all of the UAN's officers are nurses,
mitigate against having two national officers on 100-percent official time.
Authorizing another full-time Union representational position for a
registered nurse at a time when the VA is experiencing difficulties in retaining
nurses and striving to provide the best possible medical care for our nation's
military veterans is unwarranted. In
contrast, the Employer's proposal to authorize 50-percent official time for
the Union's national vice-president is a more balanced approach because it
permits the incumbent of that position to divide time between attending to Union
representational matters and providing nursing services to veterans.
With respect to the rollover of
official time, and the release of an alternate Union representative, reference
to the phrase "periodically unavailable," found in Section 2(D)(2) of the
Union's proposal, is vague and could trigger grievances.
Moreover, by not specifying how much advance notice is to be provided to
management for the release of an alternate on official time, its adoption could
interfere with the Employer's ability to schedule nursing staff to attend to
patient care. This also could lead
to grievances. Again, the
Employer's proposals, overall, provide a better balance between meeting its
patient care mission and allowing the Union the flexibility to accomplish its
representational functions. Finally,
on the issue of official time for local Union representatives and the Union's
designation of its representatives, the Union's proposal for 32 hours of
official time per pay period for each of its local bargaining units appears to
be out of proportion with the relatively small size of the bargaining unit
(6,000) it represents. For example,
the Employer's current contract with AFGE, which represents approximately
134,000 employees, also provides 32 hours of official time per pay period for
each of its local bargaining units. We
also note the parties' agreement that whatever amount is authorized in the
MCBA for local Union representatives may be supplemented through local
negotiations. For these reasons,
the adoption of the Employer's final offer on these matters shall be ordered.
Pursuant to the authority vested in it by the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, 5 U.S.C. § 7119, and because of the failure of the parties to resolve their dispute during the course of proceedings instituted under the Panel's regulations, 5 C.F.R. § 2471.6(a)(2), the Federal Service Impasses Panel under § 2471.11(a) of its regulations hereby orders the following:
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The parties shall adopt the Union's proposal.
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I believe that the Mahayana viewpoint is that Buddha had already attained enlightenment prior to his rebirth as Shakyamuni. He simply demonstrated the path to enlightenment during this lifetime in order to teach other sentient beings.TheDhamma wrote:17. "The Buddha is a God or one of the gods."
The Buddha was as mortal as any of us and got sick and died too. Although I think some Mahayana schools may have a slightly different view, but still see Buddha as someone who was at least one time mortal and then became THE Buddha. Anyway he was certainly not considered a Son of God, as in Christian-Greek-Brahmin mythology.
Gods in other religions are generally based on the duality of a lowly human standing separate from and observing a lofty deity. In Buddhism, the higher viewpoint is that there is ultimately no distinction between a Buddha and ourselves. We simply need to clear away our mental obscurations and ignorance in order to see this.
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From ISS On-Orbit Status Report for 10/11/2010.RS EVA Flight Rule Change:IMMT (ISS Mission Management Team) today approved a change in a Flight Rule which in the past called for RS EVA to take place only over RGSs (Russian Ground Sites) for downlinking Orlan suit telemetry via VHF (Very High Frequency). ISS, Soyuz, and Orlan suits utilize VHF-2 frequency pair. VHF-2 up to now had been limited to spacecraft emergencies or any contingency scenarios. The FR change allows Orlan spacesuit EVA operations over CONUS (Continental US) using the VHF-2 channel as well as spacecraft emergencies and contingencies. Use of VHF over CONUS requires GSFC network director pre-coordination due to frequency proximity to those of general aviation.
CMG are maintaining attitude control, don't they usually use russian attitude control during russian EVAs?
Quote from: arkaska on 11/15/2010 02:17 pmCMG are maintaining attitude control, don't they usually use russian attitude control during russian EVAs?I thought also that it was played like that but now I'm not sure. Probably Space Pete will know
On the last Russian EVA (25), attitude control was handed over from USOS CMGs to RS Thrusters prior to egress. So I don't know why it's different this time. It could be an error on the part of the PAO.


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When the lights went out across large swaths of Cambridge just as Thursday's workday ended, it was the latest in a string of outages caused by NStar equipment failures this year, renewing questions about the Boston utility's ability to keep the power on.
The outage only lasted two hours after a piece of equipment called a relay erroneously cut power to a transmission line, but it knocked out electricity at Harvard University and MIT, left traffic and street lights dark during rush hour, and played havoc with Red Line trains packed with commuters. Roughly 19,000 customers were affected.
The blackout follows cable failures that led to two outages in Allston in August, as well as a fire sparked by a transformer failure at a Scotia Street substation that caused widespread outages in the Back Bay and neighboring areas in March. A problem at the same substation in May caused a smaller outage. The outages prompted NStar to replace equipment and make improvements in both neighborhoods.
David Cash, a commissioner with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, said the outages have regulators keeping close tabs on NStar, which recently merged with Northeast Utilities of Hartford. NStar's service quality has been no worse than other utilities, Cash said, but his agency will scrutinize it during annual reviews of the state's utility companies.
"Every time there are events like what we've seen at Scotia Street or what we saw in Cambridge, it always raises a level of concern," Cash said. "Obviously with the last year, we want to look carefully at this."
NStar said its data show that from 2009 to 2011 its average time to restore outages, including during major storms, remained below that of other utilities in the Northeast by up to several hours. The data also show NStar had fewer power failures than other utilities in the same time frame, the Boston utility said.
The recent outages could be symptomatic of the power grid's aging infrastructure and the increasing stress it has come under as electronic devices and other power hungry equipment proliferate, utility specialists said. Under pressure from politicians and regulators to hold down rates, companies may have delayed costly maintenance and upgrades, making the system more vulnerable to failure, said Scott Hempling, a Washington area lawyer who advises state utility regulators.
"Everybody wants great power," he said, "and nobody wants rate increases."
Hempling also questioned whether NStar's nearly $20 billion merger with Northeast Utilities — completed in April — played a role in the spate of outages seen this year.
"In the process of being acquisition-minded, did they remain performance-minded?" he asked.
NStar spokeswoman Caroline Pretyman said the company has always strived to provide customers with quality service. "We're committed to regular maintenance and upgrade work and clearly our diligence in investments have paid off," she said, citing NStar's data.
Ironically, Thursday's outage happened while NStar was conducting system upgrades in Cambridge. In the past five years, NStar has invested $24 million in its system, Pretyman said.
As part of Thursday's upgrades in Cambridge, a transmission line was taken out of service while work was underway and electricity was routed through a second line, which would have normally acted as a backup in case of a problem, Pretyman said. As a result, when the relay incorrectly sensed an abnormal power flow and shut down the line, there was no backup available and the lights went out.
Recent investments in switching technology, Pretyman added, helped NStar restore electricity within 20 minutes to more than a quarter of the customers who lost power Thursday, and the rest within two hours.
Ironically, Thursday's outage happened while NStar was conducting system upgrades in Cambridge. In the past five years, NStar has invested $24 million in its system, according to a company spokeswoman.
Jim Fama, vice president of energy delivery at the Edison Electric Institute, a utility trade group, said the outages experienced by NStar are really nothing out of the ordinary for a large power company. NStar has more than 1 million electricity customers in Massachusetts.
"When you're doing an upgrade or maintenance on something, there's always a chance you could have a problem like this," he said. "I would imagine this sort of thing happens in the United States every day."
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley,
"We are reaching out to NStar to learn more about the causes of the outage," said the spokeswoman, Jillian Fennimore. "The frequency and extent of these recent outages are concerning, and that is why we believe the service quality standards these utilities are held to must be updated in order to prevent outages in the future."Erin Ailworth can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @ailworth.
Correction: Because of incomplete information provided to the Globe by NStar, this story did not report the full amount of investments the utility has made in its systems over the last five years. The total is $1.5 billion.


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Vice President Joe Biden, the first Roman Catholic to be elected vice president, is leading the delegation.Boehner's office said that after Obama spoke to House Republicans Wednesday, the president invitedBoehner, who is Catholic, to accompany Biden.
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The journal Food and Chemical Toxicology is retracting a highly controversial French study it published last year linking genetically modified maize to cancerous tumors in rats.
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DIXON – Shaw Media, owner of the Northwest Herald, has purchased Suburban Life publications and affiliated operations from GateHouse Media. The purchase was effective Monday.
Suburban Life, based in Downers Grove, is a group of 22 weekly newspapers in Chicago's western suburbs. Suburban Life distributes in DuPage, Kane, McHenry, Will and Cook counties. The Suburban Life publications include the Elmhurst Press, Wheaton Leader, Downers Grove Reporter, Berwyn Life, as well as other titles, and the website mysuburbanlife.com.
In markets where Dixon-based Shaw Media currently operates, Shaw acquired Farmside in southwestern McHenry County, and the St. Charles Republican, the Batavia Republican and the Geneva Republican, all in Kane County.
"Adding Suburban Life expands our print and digital footprint in the Chicago suburban region, and will give us opportunities to better serve our readers and advertisers," said John Rung, publisher of the Northwest Herald and Shaw Media's senior vice president for media operations.
Shaw Media President and CEO Tom Shaw said the acquisition returns the Suburban Life weeklies to their family-owned roots.
"We are proud to welcome Suburban Life to our growing portfolio of family-owned, community-focused media operations," Shaw said. "Our ongoing commitment to excellence and growth has helped us prosper, even in the most challenging times. We are extremely excited to be returning these respected titles to their family-owned roots."
Michael Reed, Chief Executive Officer of GateHouse Media, said, "Illinois is and will continue to be an important market for GateHouse Media. However, given the Chicago marketplace, Suburban Life is an extremely good fit for Shaw Media based on their penetration and focus in the surrounding Chicago market. We believe the employees, readers and advertisers will benefit long-term given Shaw Media's focus on the region."
Rung announced that J. Tom Shaw – the publisher at Shaw's Kane County Chronicle in St. Charles – also will serve as publisher of the Suburban Life publications.
In addition, Shaw Media has agreed to participate in adhance media, GateHouse Media's online private ad exchange, to fill unsold inventory for Shaw Media's digital properties. adhance media's private ad exchange comprises more than 500 local, hyper-local and major city newspapers and broadcast sites nationwide. By leveraging the combined scale of these sites, adhance media provides agencies and advertisers with a wider national reach with locally-targeted audiences.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 9, 2013) – ETSU head baseball coach Tony Skole announced Friday that former Milligan assistant Chris Gordon has joined the Buccaneer coaching staff for the upcoming 2013-14 season.
Gordon, who has spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach at Milligan, will replace Matt Landreth as ETSU's volunteer assistant. Landreth was named head coach at North Buncombe High School back in June.
"I couldn't be more excited to join East Tennessee State University and Coach Skole's staff," Gordon said. "Coaching at Milligan the last few years, I've been able to watch the program from the outside, and have always had a lot of respect for coach Skole and the university. I would like to thank Mark Fox and Nathan Meade for giving me an opportunity at Milligan, my alma mater, and it will always have a special place in my heart. I'm excited to get to work with and learn from great coaches and hopefully be a part of another championship season."
"I am very excited to add Chris Gordon to our coaching staff," said Skole. "Chris has tremendous passion for baseball and the coaching profession. Our coaching staff has great energy and enthusiasm, and Chris will be a great fit. I know Chris will work tirelessly to help our players achieve their goals and I have no doubt he will be a huge asset to our program and our campus community. Chris is an outstanding young coach with a bright future, but he is an even better young man. We are glad to have him in our baseball family."
During his time at Milligan, Gordon was in charge of recruiting, coaching the pitchers and catchers, strength and conditioning and academics. In his first four seasons with the Buffs, Gordon coached nine all-conference players, while his first recruiting class saw a pair of players selected in the MLB Draft. In 2010, Gordon led a pitching staff which ranked in the top 10 nationally in seven statistical categories – ninth in earned runs allowed, 11th in ERA, 12th in hits allowed, 18th in walks allowed, and 23rd in opponent batting average. Along with the nine all-conference standouts, Gordon also saw his players receive top honors such as AAC Freshman of the Year, NAIA Honorable Mention All-American, and the National Gold Glove.
Gordon also spent time coaching in the Alaskan Baseball League as he was the pitching coach for the Mat-Su Miners in 2011 and head coach in 2012. In 2011, the Miners' pitching staff led the league in ERA, opponent batting average, and strikeouts, while six of those players are currently playing professionally. Last year, Gordon saw Ian Miller – who was taken in the 14th round by the Seattle Mariners – set the single-season league record in stolen bases with 39, while current ETSU two-way player Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.) led the ABL in batting average and VCU's Bill Cullen finished second in home runs.
In 2008, Gordon began his coaching career by being tabbed an assistant at Science Hill. The Hilltoppers went 35-7 and reached the semifinals of the state tournament. While at Science Hill, Gordon also coached Daniel Norris who was a second round draft pick by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2011.
In total, Gordon has coached 28 players who have either been drafted or signed into professional baseball.
Gordon played collegiately at Milligan from 2003-07 and received a Bachelor's of Arts degree in history. While with the Buffs, Gordon was a member of the record-setting 2004 team and the 2005 NAIA Region XII runner-up squad.
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Two universities on the West Coast are at different stages in their plans for new recreation centers. California State University Sacramento (Sacramento State) is in the beginning of its process with the announcement this week of a $10 million gift for a planned $73 million Recreation, Wellness and Events Center. At the same time, Central Washington University (CWU) in Ellensburg, WA is at the groundbreaking stage for its new $40.7 million Student Union and Recreation Center.
Real estate developer and San Diego Chargers owner Alex G. Spanos and his wife, Faye, gave the cornerstone donation for both Sacramento State's new center and for the remodeling of Hornet Stadium. The proposed 236,00-square-foot multi-purpose center will include a new student health center, fitness center, rock-climbing wall, swimming pool, athletic courts, bowling center, conference center and an 8,000-seat arena for events such as commencement and intercollegiate athletics.
The new center passed a referendum vote of the students in April 2004 with a pledge that the University President Alexander Gonzalez would raise $23 million toward the building. Student fees have increased $10 per semester, and once the university raises its portion, student fees for the center will increase to a total of $110 per semester.
In the meantime, CWU will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for its new 228,261-square-foot recreation center, which is scheduled to open in January 2006. The center will be three-stories tall and include a four-court gymnasium, elevated running track, rock-climbing wall, fitness/cardiovascular and strength training areas, group exercise rooms, outdoor equipment rentals and locker rooms.
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Michael Geist reports that a Facebook group he created to oppose Canada's version of the DMCA has swelled to 20,000 members in under two weeks. Perhaps as a result of citizen opposition, the Canadian government has apparently shelved the proposal for the year, although it will likely be brought up again next year. There are a couple of interesting things about this. First, a decade of bad press about the American DMCA has no doubt helped to galvanize Canadian activists against the legislation. The bad effects of the Canadian copyright proposal aren't hypothetical. Canucks just have to look to their neighbors to the South for real-world examples of the problems created by anti-circumvention law. Secondly, it's interesting how easy Facebook makes it to organize an effort like this. A generation ago, it would have taken thousands of dollars and months of effort to build a list of 20,000 people interested in a political issue. Now it can be done for free in a matter of days. It remains to be seen if opposition to a Canadian DMCA will be successful, but the odds are certainly better than they would have been a decade ago.


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CHICAGO – Chicago police adhere to a code of silence protecting fellow officers, a federal jury ruled Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by a female bartender whose videotaped beating by a drunken off-duty officer went viral online.
The civil trial in federal court in Chicago was the first of its kind to focus almost wholly on the question of whether there is such an ingrained code – with most of the 2½ weeks of testimony devoted to that question.
Jurors awarded $850,000 in damages to the bartender, Karolina Obrycka, who was beaten in February 2007 by Anthony Abbate, who was off-duty and admittedly drunk at the time. Surveillance video showed the hulking Abbate pushing Obrycka to the ground behind the bar at Jesse's Shortstop Inn, then repeatedly punching and kicking her.
The video, which became a major embarrassment for Chicago police, shined a spotlight on allegations of abuse by the city's officers. Amid accusations that police dithered in the weeks after the beating, then-Superintendent Phil Cline retired and the department vowed to clean up its image.
Abbate was convicted of aggravated battery in 2009, and sentenced to probation.
At the civil trial, Obrycka asked jurors to hold Abbate and the city liable for damages to compensate her for any pain or distress she suffered. And the core issue they had to decide was not whether Abbate beat her, but whether the police culture emboldened him and led him to act with impunity in attacking her.
"I'm still in shock," Obrycka said outside the courtroom after the jury's decision, adding that she hopes she can move on with her life now.
Her attorney, Terry Ekl, heralded the verdict as a landmark, precedent-setting decision.
"We proved the code of silence at every level of the Chicago Police Department," from the first officers who responded to the beating to then-Chief Phil Cline, Ekl said after the verdict, adding that the jury's award is more than twice the $400,000 he offered to settle the case for before trial. He noted the ultimate cost to the city will be far higher once he and his team collect their attorney's fees.
Ekl said the onus was now on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to end the culture of protection and silence.
"The question now becomes, what are they going to do about it?" he said. "If there's going to be change, it has to come from the mayor's office."
After the verdict, Emanuel's spokeswoman, Sarah Hamilton, said in a statement that the mayor is confident that the superintendent he selected, Garry McCarthy, and his leadership team "would not approve of, let alone participate in a code of silence."
At the same time, the city's law department issued a statement that the city strongly disagreed with the verdict and all but promised an appeal.
"We believe Mr. Abbate alone should be held accountable for his actions," said Roderick Drew in a prepared statement, adding that the city plans to "challenge the verdict through post-trial motions in the trial court and, if necessary, on appeal."
During the civil trial, Obrycka's attorneys alleged that police sought to downplay and cover up the beating, in part out of an ingrained but shadowy culture among police of protecting their own. They said that culture created an environment that led to the beating.
City attorneys countered by telling jurors there was no evidence that such a secret code existed. The fact that Abbate was eventually charged and convicted, they said, proved that the system worked.
But some police officials who testified contradicted each other, which Obrycka's attorney said proved their point about alleged cover-ups.
Debra Kirby, who headed the department's internal affairs division at the time, testified that she recommended during a phone call three days after the beating to a Cook County prosecutors that Abbate be charged with a serious felony.
But Joseph Stehlik, who was an internal affairs detective under Kirby's command, said he was next to his boss at the time of the call. Stehlik testified Kirby recommended the lesser charge.
Then the prosecutor in question, Tom Bilyk, told jurors the call never happened and that he never talked with Kirby about charges.
Because Abbate was off-duty during the beating, Obrycka's attorneys needed to persuade jurors that the silence code exists, that it was sanctioned by the city and that it led to the beating and an attempted cover-up.
Abbate was on the witness stand for two days and asked by Obrycka's attorney about phone records showing he made dozens of calls to fellow officers in the hours after the beating. He said he was so drunk before the attack that he couldn't remember calling anyone or what he might have said, though he insisted he "didn't tell anyone to do anything regarding the incident."
Abbate's attorney said he wasn't surprised by the verdict, saying the video was too hard to overcome even though, he said, it provides no evidence of a code of silence.
"No matter what occurred, that video in terms of my client is the most damning thing," said Michael Malatesta.
CHICAGO – Jurors deciding if a code of silence played a role in the beating of a bartender by an off-duty Chicago police officer are deliberating.
Tuesday marks the second day of deliberations in the civil trial stemming from the 2007 beating of a female bartender by off-duty officer Anthony Abbate. The beating was captured on video and later went viral. Jurors started deliberations Nov. 7 after closing arguments but did not meet again until Tuesday.
Bartender Karolina Obrycka sued Abbate and the city, alleging a code of silence leads police to ignore or cover up fellow officers' bad behavior. Her lawsuit asserts the code emboldened Abbate to act with impunity in beating her.
Abbate was eventually charged and convicted in 2009 of aggravated battery.


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There are mixed views as to whether these chemicals are indeed harmful to children, but it should be noted that the European Union has banned the use of these chemicals in childrens products and toys since 2005. Sadly, the United States is not as vigilant in this regard and the question remains as to how well the toys and children's products being produced and sold in the U.S. after February will be inspected.
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Present: Absent:
Justice Carol Ronning Kapsner
Judge Gail Hagerty appeared via telephone
Judge Douglas Herman appeared via telephone
Judge John T. Paulson
Sally Holewa
The executive committee of the Judicial Conference met on August 17, 2007. Chair Maring called the meeting to order at 8:03 a.m.
Justice Kapsner made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 16, 2007 meeting. Seconded by Judge Hagerty. The motion carried and the minutes were approved.
The discussion then turned to the proposal to amend the Judicial Conference bylaws. Chair Maring explained that the Judicial Conference was unable to act on the proposed amendment at its June meeting because there was no quorum present. The members present at that meeting suggested the executive committee consider amending the definition of quorum. The list of surrogate judges keeps increasing and many do not attend the Judicial Conference.
Judge Hagerty suggested that an alternative to the current language of "a majority of district court judges and supreme court justices."
Justice Kapsner noted that judicial referees have an interest in decisions made by the Judicial Conference and are usually active participants at conferences. She suggested that a quorum should include referees as well as active judges and supreme court justices.
Chair Maring said only one referee and one municipal court judge are actually members of the Judicial Conference.
Judge Herman suggested that, rather than trying to define a quorum by role, it would be better to define it mathematically. He suggested 25 as the number of Judicial Conference members needed to form a quorum.
Justice Kapsner suggested 28 as a majority of all district court judges and justices. Judge Hagerty
responded that she favored 25 because it is a good representation and easy to remember.
Judge Herman moved and Judge Hagerty seconded that the executive committee recommend amending Article IV section D, line 1 to read:
"A quorum consists of twenty-five (25) members of the Judicial Conference."
Motion carried.
The discussion then turned to how changing the number required for a quorum would effect future amendments under Article VI.
Justice Kapsner indicated concern about a quorum of less than the majority deciding a controversial issue and suggested that a majority should mean a majority vote of all judges and referee members present at the Judicial Conference.
Judge Hagerty suggested that a majority should be those present and voting. She said that a minimum of a ten-day notice is given to all members of the Judicial Conference, and they should be present if they are interested in an issue.
Judge Herman agreed noting that if a small majority were to pass a controversial issue, it is likely that the topic would come back at a later meeting as a motion to reconsider
Judge Hagerty moved and Judge Herman seconded that the executive committee recommend amending Article VI, line 2 to read:
"of the Judicial Conference by a majority vote."
Motion carried.
Chair Maring then asked if there were any other parts of the bylaws that should be reviewed.
Justice Kapsner said that in Article II, paragraph 1, line 3, the phrase "association of district judges" was not a correct reference to the judges' association. Judge Herman suggested that since there is no longer an association of just district judges, the words "association of" should be struck. Judge Hagerty agreed, noting that the intent is for the district judges to elect their representatives to the Judicial Conference.
Justice Kapsner moved and Judge Hagerty seconded that the executive committee recommend amending Article II, paragraph 1, line 3 to read:
"and two district judges elected by the district judges."
Motion carried.
The next agenda item was the matter of the new chair and the chair-elect. Because there was no quorum at the June Judicial Conference, the chairmanship could not be passed from Chair Maring to Chair-Elect Herman. Justice Maring urged all members of the executive committee to encourage their colleagues to attend the November Judicial Conference in order to reach a quorum.
The final agenda item was the agenda for the November Judicial Conference. The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m., which is a half-hour earlier than the normal start time. The first item on the agenda will be the business meeting. At that time, Judge Herman will be installed as Chair, and he will be responsible for overseeing the rest of the conference.
Chair Maring said that Judge Geiger is interested in the chair-elect position. Judge Hagerty said that at the business meeting, she will make a motion to nominate Judge Geiger as the chair-elect.
The draft agenda for the November conference was reviewed. Chair Maring said there is one open slot on the agenda on Monday, from 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. She said she and Lee Ann Barnhardt were struggling to come up with a program for that section of time. She suggested a diversity program might fit in that time slot and solicited suggestions from other members of the executive committee. Judge Herman suggested a program on equal treatment in the courts. Justice Kapsner suggested an open forum on jury issues. Chair Maring will follow-up on these suggestions.
At this point, both Judge Herman and Judge Hagerty asked to be excused from the meeting to attend to previously scheduled court business and the meeting was adjourned at 8:25 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally A. Holewa
Executive Secretary to the Judicial Conference


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Take A Deep Breath
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12 and 2, NFC Division Champs, First round bye in the Playoffs and a Great Chance for home field throughout the playoffs still in the mix. I find myself taking a deep breath despite the loss to the Eagles, (which was a very tough pill to swallow.) The only thing worrying me coming out of a 10 to 6 loss to the Eagles was the injuries to a number of key players for the Cowboys.
Tony Romo
Romo suffered a right thumb contusion, and left Sundays game with his right hand heavily bandaged, but said he would be "fine" for Saturdays game against the Panthers. If his bruised thumb still affects him It would be wise to concentrate more on running the ball.
Andre Gurode
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Chris Canty
Phillips said Canty had just a sprained knee and could be ready to play this week.
Anthony Fasano
Fasano suffered a mild concussion Sunday afternoon, but Phillips stated that it isn't anything serious and would be ready to play on Saturday.
Patrick Watkins
Watkins might not be ready to play this week, Phillips termed his injury just a "regular ankle sprain" that doesn't appear to be a long-term setback.
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COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M coordinators Mark Snyder and Kliff Kingsbury meet with the media prior to the first Southeastern Conference road game for the Aggies (3-1, 1-1). The contest starts 6 p.m. Saturday at Ole Miss (3-2, 0-1), which is coming off a 33-14 loss to top-ranked Alabama.
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The addition of Temple is imperative for the Big East, which desperately needs a school to replace West Virginia this fall after the Mountaineers reached a $20 million agreement with the league to leave for the Big 12.
One source told CBSSports.com that Temple to the Big East in 2012 "is done."
An announcement could be made as early as next week, sources told CBSSports.com.
MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher, attending the BCS meetings at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Grand Hyatt Hotel, told CBSSports.com that discussions are ongoing between Temple and the Big East.
"I don't know where those will lead," Steinbrecher said.
Big East commissioner John Marinatto, also at the BCS meetings, declined comment Wednesday.
The Big East initially wanted Boise State, which will join in 2013, to join this fall as West Virginia's replacement. However, the Big East was not willing to provide the Broncos with about $10 million they needed to leave the Mountain West in football and have their Olympic sports join the WAC a year early.
With Boise State out of the picture, the Big East then turned its attention to Temple. The Mid-American Conference's exit fee is $2.5 million with two years notice, but it's unknown what the amount would be for a school providing less than a year's notice, a source said. To leave the Atlantic 10 Conference, where the Owls' Olympic sports compete, would cost Temple $2 million with less than a year's notice, a source said.Temple was one of the Big East's original eight football members in 1991, but was expelled from the league after the 2004 season for not being competitive and not meeting certain financial requirements. However, the Owls' program has been resurrected under the direction of Al Golden and Steve Addazio, posting a 26-12 record the last three seasons.
Golden, who left for Miami after the 2010 season, guided the Owls to their first bowl in 30 years. Addazio completed his first year with a 37-15 victory against Wyoming in the New Mexico Bowl in December, only the second bowl victory in school history.
The addition of Temple will be the latest change for the Big East, which also added Memphis two weeks ago.
With Temple being added, the Big East's membership is expected to have eight football members and 16 basketball members in 2012. In 2013, the football membership will grow to 14 with the addition of Boise State, SMU, UCF, Houston, Memphis and San Diego State. However, if Pittsburgh and Syracuse are allowed to leave a year early to the ACC, the league would have 12 football members.
In 2014, the football membership will be 12 (after Pittsburgh and Syracuse leave) but it will grow to 13 in 2015 with the addition of Navy.
Sources told CBSSports.com, the reason the Big East decided to go beyond 12 football members is because the league is preparing for the possibility it will lose Louisville if the Big 12 decides to expand by at least another team.
Multiple sources have told CBSSports.com that Louisville is the consensus choice for the Big 12's 11th member, if the league expands, and that the Cardinals would accept an invitation to the Big 12.
Big 12 acting commissioner Chuck Neinas said Wednesday his league has no expansion meetings scheduled and is concentrating on the additions of West Virginia and TCU.
Two weeks ago when the Big East added Memphis, Marinatto said the league had reached its "primary objective" of securing a 12-team football league when Navy joins in 2015. However he opened the door to further expansion.
"We're always going to be vigilant and we're going to continue to do whatever is in the best interest of the conference," Marinatto said. "You never say never (about future expansion), I guess. But we've reached our goal and we're pleased that we've done that. But we're always going to be obviously continuing to evaluate different opportunities as time goes on."
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